“Jamaicans are patient, trustful and law abiding and if properly treated no one has anything to fear. The conditions existing today have not sprung up overnight but they have been left to grow worst till the situation is now acute….

What Jamaica needs now is practical and sympathetic men interested in the country and not charlatans and self-seekers making long speeches about nothing…

Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante

“Many of us dare to believe that this country, so blended in origins so fashioned in time, so wrought on by our own history may go out in to the world to make a contribution larger than our size alone would lead one to expect.

I believe that as an independent nation we can so manage ourselves as to demonstrate one day how by making our great motto “ Out Of Many One People” Come to speak the truth about ourselves, we can become a worthwhile and shining example of the sort of world some men sometimes dream to live in”

Rt. Excellent Norman Washington Manley

“The spread of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), especially the Internet, is revolutionizing whole aspects of social, cultural and economic life. The transformation to the Information Society will be every bit as profound as was the movement from agrarian to industrial societies. In the past, such changes have led to winners and losers. Some countries have prospered, while others have fallen behind.

It could happen once again and widen the gaps if we do not take any action now. World leaders must shape the direction of the Information Society and create a more just, prosperous and peaceful world.”

Yoshio Utsumi, International Telecommunications Union (ITU)