User:Davidcannon


 * On 12 November 2005, I compiled my 50th quote page.

It is easier to find me on Wikipedia, where I spend most of my time. As much of my work on Wikipedia consists of writing and editing biographies, I decided to create some parallel pages here with quotations from some of the people I have written about. There are a small number of quotes from persons whose biographies do not (yet) exist on Wikipedia. These will follow in due course.

I made my first edit on Wikiquote on 20 April 2004. After a year of virtually no activity, I returned in April 2005. I made my 100th edit on 19 May, my 200th on 11 June, my 300th on 30 July, my 400th on 1 October, and my 500th on 18 December. As of 29 July 2024, there are a total of compilations of quotes in English, of which I have created 55 and contributed to 5 others. Altogether, I have made a total of 529 edits to 74 unique pages. 423 of these edits are to actual quotes.

Persons whose quotes I compiled or added to
Most of the quotes that I have compiled are from Fijian people, as their biographies comprise the largest component of my work on Wikipedia. There are a few others. The quotes I've compiled are mostly, though not exclusively, from people I admire greatly. In a few cases, my admiration is for the words rather than the person: I am not a supporter of John Kerry, for example, but his concession speech after the 2000 election was one of the finest speeches I have ever heard. I'm sure that defeated candidates of the future will quote from it, or at least allude to it.

Quotes I have compiled

 * Ah Koy, James
 * Akinola, Peter
 * Ali, Ahmed
 * Baba, Tupeni
 * Bainimarama, Frank
 * Bavadra, Timoci
 * Beddoes, Mick
 * Bokini, Ratu Ovini
 * Bune, Poseci
 * Caucau, Adi Asenaca
 * Chaudhry, Mahendra
 * Fatiaki, Daniel
 * Foster, Sir Robert Sidney
 * Ganilau, Adi Ateca
 * Ganilau, Ratu Epeli
 * Ganilau, Ratu Sir Penaia
 * Geagea, Samir
 * Gemayel, Solange
 * Khan, Hafiz
 * Iloilo, Ratu Josefa
 * Kepa, Ro Teimumu
 * Koya, Sidiq
 * Lalabalavu, Ratu Naiqama
 * Leung, Graeme
 * Madraiwiwi, Ratu Joni
 * Mara, Ratu Sir Kamisese
 * Mataca, Petero
 * Men, Alexander
 * Moawad, Nayla
 * Moawad, René
 * Momoedonu, Ratu Tevita
 * Naidu, Richard
 * Nailatikau, Ratu Epeli Qaraninamu
 * Nailatikau, Adi Koila Mara
 * Navakasuasua, Maciu
 * Niranjan, Sangeeta
 * Punja, Hari
 * Qarase, Laisenia
 * Rabuka, Sitiveni
 * Rae, Pramod
 * Ravuvu, Asesela
 * Rovabokola, Ratu Viliame
 * Simpson, Jack
 * Singh, Raman Pratap
 * Singh, Sir Vijay
 * Soong May-ling
 * Sukuna, Ratu Sir Lala
 * Tavola, Kaliopate
 * Tora, Apisai
 * Tugia, Manasa
 * Tuibua, Esala
 * Vosanibola, Josefa Bole
 * Waqabaca, Josaia
 * Waradi, Taito
 * Zinck, Kenneth

Quotes I have added to existing compilations

 * Blair, Tony
 * Kerry, John
 * Lange, David
 * MacArthur, Douglas
 * Teller, Edward

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