“We chose national unity over partisan politics and this is another sign that we want to start doing politics differently.”

A Nationalist Party spokesman after PN leader Simon Busuttil tweeted that the party will bring forward its traditional Independence events to allow one national 50th anniversary celebration.

“The system has failed me.”

A reformed heroin addict, who is employed, in a steady relationship and is a volunteer at a drug rehabilitation centre, after receiving a six-month jail term following a nine-year court delay. He was found guilty of trafficking after sharing a gram of heroin with a friend in 2005.

“It is culture and history that distinguishes Malta from other countries and not passports.”

Justice and Culture Minister Owen Bonnici speaking in Parliament during a debate on an Opposition Private Member’s Bill to protect Ta’ Ħaġrat Temples in Mġarr.

“He deserves the maximum [punishment] and does not deserve any leniency as he did not show mercy with his victims.”

Mr Justice Michael Mallia before sentencing Pasqualino Cefai, 38, from Żebbuġ, Gozo, to seven years in prison after he was found guilty of stabbing and seriously injuring Joseph Portelli. Cefai has been having trouble with the law since he was 16.

“This would be like deciding to bake a dish of potatoes and then eating them before they are cooked.”

President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca’s analogy of how Malta is not yet ready for multiculturalism.

“We are all human irrespective of faith and country of origin.”

Auxilliary Bishop Charles Sicluna speaking at the Paola mosque in the presence of Muslim spiritual leader Iman Mohammed El Sadi at an event marking World Refugee Day.