If there is to be any hope of prosperity for this country it is by reversing that policy which made us simply the kitchen garden for supplying the British with cheap food.
Eamon de ValeraBy keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.
Eamon de ValeraIt is the duty of our men to enroll themselves in the national services. We need all our manpower for defence. For the military and... we need a quarter of a million men.
Eamon de ValeraMr. Churchill is proud of Britain's stand alone, after France had fallen and before America entered the War.
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