This book brings together a selection of fifty speeches, articles and papers by the author drawn from his long and diverse experience in governance matters. The common threads running through the book emphasise the need for good governance as the foundation for human development, the consent of the people as the source of the legitimate authority of government, the need for accountability of government and checks on abuse of administrative power, respect for fundamental human rights and freedoms, judicial independence, impartiality and efficiency and the recognition of government power as a means to the attainment of civil, political, social and economic justice .