But I make a distinction between the doctrines of the Church, which matter, and the structure invented by half a dozen Italians who got to be pope and which is of very little use to anybody.

Irish Catholics are more interested in the rosary beads than in the rosary.

My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done.

I think my life will always be worth living, though I don't imagine it being very easy.

But I make a distinction between the doctrines of the Church, which matter, and the structure invented by half a dozen Italians who got to be pope and which is of very little use to anybody.

... in Northern Ireland, if you don't have basic Christianity, rather than merely religion, all you get out of the experience of living is bitterness.

Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.