Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.

It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time.

The first money I have been offered was as District Officer Ba.

And I said, yes, if you think that I avoid bloodshed by standing aside, then I will stand aside.

Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.

The days of the Pentagon Papers debates seem long past, when a sudden transparency yielded insight into fights over war and peace and freedom and security; the transparency afforded by Twitter and Facebook yields insights that extend no further than a lawmaker's boundless narcissism and a culture's pitiless prurience.

Speaking as a writer, it would be difficult to find an event in American history more dramatic and riveting than the Civil War.

The 'war on terror' has created a culture of fear in America.