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Kamisese Mara
 
Date of birth: 06 May 1920
Date of death: 18 April 2004
Country Of Origin: Fiji Islands
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" And I said, yes, if you think that I avoid bloodshed by standing aside, then I will stand aside. "

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" At that stage my heart ruled my head. "

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" But my friends, my brothers and sisters of the Pacific, we know who we are. We carry in our hearts the knowledge that we are the bearers of a proud legacy that surely marks us as people of strength, and courage and will. We have survived in our aquatic continent through many centuries. "

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" Certainly it has been the rock on which I have always been able to rely in good times and in bad, and it is the lodestone of my life. "

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" Even institutions of State, such as the judiciary, were seriously weakened, to the extent that the citizenry justifiably feared a breakdown in law and order. The business community was hit by a slump in sales and confidence, leading to reduced earnings and loss of jobs. "

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" Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups. "

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" From where I stand, I do not see the lost people of the South Seas, the defeated and the despairing, shrunken shadows of those who went before. "

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" He said there is 80 of us, ready to come down and the next thing I knew is that Jo Brown dashed in and said your family has already moved and you have to move, the boat is ready to take you out. I didn't have time to ask, even ask a question. "

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" How could I stand by and watch my house on fire? "

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" I had been in touch with a lot of people I thought would stand by me in the front row of the scrum, (I) didn't know it was going to collapse. "

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" I have been sustained by cane field, the cane plantation I have. "

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" I have never been bribed as a Prime Minister. "

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" I received my money from the treasury, I used to very early to go the clubs, but when the burden of looking after my children came upon me I tried to live a quite life, and save as much as I could. "

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" I said, yes, if you think I will avoid bloodshed by standing aside I will stand aside... but I will never ever again come back. "

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" I started the plantation in 1990, eh 1980. I spent a lot of money in it but it was worthwhile bringing me as much as I earn. "

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