Partition is after all only an old fortress of crumbled masonry - held together with the plaster of fiction.
Eamon de ValeraMr. Churchill is proud of Britain's stand alone, after France had fallen and before America entered the War.
Eamon de ValeraI shall strive not to be guilty of adding any fuel to the flames of hatred and passion which, if continued to be fed, promise to burn up whatever is left by the war of decent human feeling in Europe.
Eamon de Valera