It is my considered opinion that in the fullness of time history will record the greatness of Michael Collins and it will be recorded at my expense.
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 ValeraHere, in Cork district, you have in combination all the dangers which war can inflict.
Eamon de ValeraAn independent Ireland would see its own independence in jeopardy the moment it saw the independence of Britain seriously threatened. Mutual self-interest would make the peoples of these two islands, if both independent, the closest possible allies in a moment of real national danger to either.
Eamon de Valera