"It's a case of co-operation and communication between the Government and the public it serves. It's all part and parcel of putting the rights of the public in the hands of a structure so that, no matter who the government is, the public's interests and rights are served. It is not my intention to criticise government for whatever it has done or hasn't done since we tabled the green paper in 2005."

— Former Progressive Labour Party Premier Alex Scott helps launch The Royal Gazette's call for Public Access to Information to be included in the February 2008 Throne Speech, which ultimately fell on deaf ears.

"It always takes a significant amount of time to draft new legislation and PATI legislation is even more laborious than most because it's such a comprehensive task. Nonetheless, the process of making it a reality is happening consistently and without fanfare — alongside a litany of other government business."

— Premier Ewart Brown's Press Secretary Glenn Jones explains why there is no sign of PATI three years after Mr. Scott's green paper was tabled.

"My biggest concern is that the Premier's critics do not use this very good idea to bash him with. It will not move their case forward. I do not think that for the Premier's critics to demand that the PLP put it in the Throne Speech is necessarily likely to work."

— PLP stalwart Eva Hodgson warns The Royal Gazette's campaign may not influence Premier Ewart Brown in the way the newspaper hopes.

"Is PATI Necessary? The recent advocacy of the daily for swift action on PATI is interesting. Suffice to say that the matter will be given the consideration it deserves in the appropriate place at the appropriate time."

— The PLP's February 2008 newsletter shortly after the A Right To Know campaign is launched.

"When our position on PATI is taken into consideration you might realise, as many have, that The Royal Gazette's campaign was a campaign without opposition."

— The Premier in a letter to Inter American Press Association president Earl Maucker, who had publicly urged the Premier not to withdraw official advertising from The Royal Gazette as a weapon of reprisal in response to the A Right To Know campaign.

"If we are going to be putting pressure on other agencies and organisations to be transparent we want to make sure that we are doing the same ourselves."

— Senator Walwyn Hughes comments on Government's plans to demand greater accountability and transparency from the Corporations of St. George's and Hamilton without introducing the same measures to itself.

"We have seen periods of time where information has just been shut down and that's just not good. But if you give people the information they can't speculate as to what you might be hiding."

— Opposition Leader Kim Swan backs PATI.

"I'm a senior and a hardworking payer of taxes. I would like the right to know."

— Royal Gazette reader Monica Berry gives her support to Sunshine Week.

"I don't need no legislation to make me truthful and I don't think this government needs legislation. I am offended by a campaign that is considered in our right to know."

— Vocal opponent of Sunshine Week, PLP Senator David Burch, explains why he thinks calls for transparency are "foolishness".

"When I read where your cry baby politicians in Bermuda complain about something some of you journalists have written about them in one of your papers, and some even threaten to have you deported if you are not a bona fide Bermudian, I find it laughable. In the US, the media can publish just about anything that comes into its possession, even secret government documents."

— American-based Royal Gazette reader Phil Spurlin points to differing approaches to freedom of information between the US and Bermuda.