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> [They believed that Britain was in Ireland defending their own interests, therefore the Irish had the right to use violence to put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hume/they-believed-that-britain-was-in-ireland-defending-their-own/)

[John Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hume/)

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> [Since the Protestant majority in Northern Ireland wants to remain a part of Great Britain, and since Ireland itself has shown little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-surowiecki/since-the-protestant-majority-in-northern-ireland-wants-to-remain-a/)

[James Surowiecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-surowiecki/)

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> [When my family moved from Ireland in the 70s, Britain was such a difficult place to be Irish. It was a decade…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-o-farrell/when-my-family-moved-from-ireland-in-the-70s-britain-was-such-a/)

[Maggie O'Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-o-farrell/)

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> [In the 19th century, we didn't much like the loud annexationist voices south of the border or American support for Sinn Fein…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-macmillan/in-the-19th-century-we-didn-t-much-like-the-loud-annexationist-voices/)

[Margaret MacMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-macmillan/)

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