"It will be the year of rebuilding and reclaiming the lost confidence, the lost spirit and the lost soul of our beloved country."

“We need to marshal and direct our energy toward building this nation into a peaceful, prosperous and proud bequest to our children.”

“One is confrontation and the politics of exclusion. The other is the path of cooperation and trust. We either embrace the concept of multiracialism or we go down the path of racial vilification and alienation.”

“Now is not the time to be simply paying lip-service, it is time to stand up and be counted, to stand together and not to be swayed or moved from our path towards true unity, and the peace and security that we aspire to achieve.”

“How often have we seen the bigotry of the religious fanaticisms and intolerance that have occurred in Fiji?”

“Government seems unaware that the more race-based measures it tries to put in place the faster that time bomb burns to detonation point.”

“Whether some people like it or not, Fiji is already a multiracial society. We have different races, but that does not mean we should only work for the good of our own race. We have to truly understand one another, learn each other’s languages, and truly work together. There is huge potential in Fiji, and we would be amazed to see what we will achieve, if we work together.”