Eamon de Valera Quotes

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• If there is to be any hope of prosperity for this country it is by reversing that policy which made us simply the kitchen garden…
• If war comes upon us, it will come as a thief in the night
• Mr. Churchill is proud of Britain's stand alone, after France had fallen and before America entered the War.
• The part which American friendship played in helping us to win the freedom we enjoy in this part of Ireland has been gratefully recognized and…
• An independent Ireland would see its own independence in jeopardy the moment it saw the independence of Britain seriously threatened. Mutual self-interest would make the…
• If liberty is not entire it is not liberty.
• I shall strive not to be guilty of adding any fuel to the flames of hatred and passion which, if continued to be fed, promise…
• When we have done our best, we can, as a united people, take whatever may befall with calm courage and confidence that this old nation…
• We hope that the plain people - the labourers and small farmers - will take this opportunity of coming together and working out the National…
• By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.
• Here, in Cork district, you have in combination all the dangers which war can inflict.
• It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards.
• It is the duty of our men to enroll themselves in the national services. We need all our manpower for defence. For the military and...…
• Since this war began our sympathy has gone out to all the suffering people who have been dragged into it. Further hundreds of millions have…
• The economic and social problems would tend to become, like the military situation, more and more difficult as time went on and we became more…
• Unemployment is due to the large import of goods from Britain and other countries. The Government haven't used the powers which they have for the…
• We are fully aware that, in a world at war, each set of belligerents is over ready to regard those who are not with them…
• We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.
• God has been pleased to save us during the years of war that have already passed. We pray that He may be pleased to save…
• We, of our time, have played our part in the perseverance, and we have pledged ourselves to the dead generations who have preserved intact for…

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