I think people are so disillusioned with the parties. It's one party with two different names, and they are so spineless.
Malachy McCourtI had great faith that perhaps this man Obama would do something, but he is, we're all in the grip of big money.
Malachy McCourtSomebody once said that the Irish derived the greatest benefit from the English language. They court it like a beautiful woman. They make it bray with donkey laughter, they fling it at the sky like paint pots full of rainbow colors.
Malachy McCourtDo whatever you want because that's not what you are. That's what you do for the moment.
Malachy McCourtWhen an English man speaks well, for example now, and this is another way of putting us down, they say he's "eloquent" you see. "Oh, eloquent chap they are!" An Irish person speak well, they say, "Ah, you have the gift of the gab." "Ah, you kissed the blarney stone." You see, all of this putting us down.
Malachy McCourt