For, surprisingly, they were uttered this week by Fiji's new president, a man backed by Mr Speight in the belief that he would ensure the supremacy of Fiji's indigenous people over its ethnic Indians.
It was a tremendous victory for Seamus McEnaney's side, without star man Tommy Freeman, and it will give them great heart and genuine belief that they can at least get back to Croke Park for the All-Ireland quarter-finals.