Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

What's the use of being Irish if the world doesn't break your heart?

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

We do not want an official state church. If ninety-nine percent of the population were Catholics, I would still be opposed to it. I do not want civil power combined with religious power. I want to make it clear that I am committed as a matter of deep personal conviction to separation.

I also want to take cognizance of the fact that this flight was made out in the open with all the possibilities of failure, which would have been damaging to our country's prestige. Because great risks were taken in that regard, it seems to me that we have some right to claim that this open society of ours which risked much, gained much.

There are no 'white' or 'coloured' signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.