Michael D. Higgins Quotes

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• I want to say a very sincere thank you for this welcome home - it is a wonderful welcome home. It is the place to…
• I think even the poorest people in the great country that is the United States should be entitled to basic health care,
• Every age, after all, must have its own aisling and dream of a better, kinder, happier, shared world.
• I am delighted with the strong vote I have received. My message of positive leadership, patriotism and commitment clearly was resonating with tens of thousands…
• We need to discuss the basis of a new form of trust built on a meaningful form of citizenship appropriate for a republic.
• Through the inspiration of Vaclav's words, the courage of his dissidence and the integrity of his leadership, Czechoslovakia successfully transitioned from an authoritarian state to…
• Be proud to be a decent American rather than a wanker whipping up fear.
• The mandate I have received and for which I will speak with heart and head to implement over the next seven years had its four…
• I love our shared island, our shared Ireland and its core decency. I love it for its imagination and its celebration of the endless possibilities…
• I will be a President for all the people, whether they voted for me or not, whether they are young or old and particularly for…
• Ireland has made its choice for the future and it has chosen the version of Irishness it will build. I know, and I will work…
• Making an Irishness to be proud of in a real Republic. It is the vision of a real Republic where life and language, where ideals…
• Now it is time to turn to an older wisdom that, while respecting material comfort and security as a basic right of all, also recognises…
• The presidency is an independent office and the Irish people whom I appreciate so much and I take with such responsibility have given a very…
• I am delighted to be back home in Galway, the place I first came to as a 19-year-old in 1960. It's here where my heart…
• I want to say to all of you that when I take my oath of office I will do my absolute best to use all…
• I hope that at the end of the seven years, people will say that I have been of some inspirational value to them at home…
• While the wider global environment is worrying, we are seeing some positive results in our economic affairs.
• I am very glad as well that it is a presidency built on a campaign that emphasized ideas. I hope it will be a presidency…
• The necessary transformation of which I speak and of which my presidency will be a part is built on turning creative possibilities into live realities…

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