We have some of the most influential Members of Congress here today, and I do hope that we can get this appropriation for these day-care centers, which seems to me to be money very wisely spent, and also under consideration of the tax bill, that we can consider the needs of the working mothers, and both of these will be very helpful, and I would like to lobby in their behalf.

Lofty words cannot construct an alliance or maintain it; only concrete deeds can do that.

Self-government requires qualities of self-denial and restraint.

Fail miserably, achieve greatly!

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

It takes two to make peace.

Our deep spiritual confidence that this nation will survive the perils of today - which may well be with us for decades to come - compels us to invest in our nation's future, to consider and meet our obligations to our children and the numberless generations that will follow.