"It (democracy) is far more than merely participating in free and fair elections for a new government. It is about playing by a set of rules, respecting those rules and accepting the result even when it may not be what one had hoped for."
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Address to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference in Nadi, 8 September 2005
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