I think attacks on civilians in fact boost morale.

I think ideas should be flying about and banging into each other. It is a kind of energy. If you occupy static positions, then things sort of ossify.

I don't think the British carry a historical consciousness either.

I never believed that Israel had the right to exist at all.

Ulysses is the greatest anti-racist text in the English language, and it challenges right from the beginning the vicious racism which lies near the foundations of the Irish Free State and of the Irish republic.

A truly vibrant and creative culture depends on a system of education which is not divided along class and sectarian lines.

I think attacks on civilians in fact boost morale.