Good memories are our second chance at happiness.

Families, friends and communities often find a source of courage rising up from within. Indeed, sadly, it seems that it is tragedy that often draws out the most and the best from the human spirit.

Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as it was yesterday when you and I laid wreaths at the Garden of Remembrance.

We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.

I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.

It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.

It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.