"Basically, I have no place in organized politics.……" — Bernadette Devlin
"Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom."
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Bernadette Devlin
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13 Quotes by Bernadette Devlin
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There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents-if the term is to be used at all.
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To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else
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It wasn't long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into Parliament.
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We were born into an unjust system; we are not prepared to grow old in it.
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My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done.
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It did not seem to me that prejudice, poverty, discrimination, repression and racism were confined to the North of Ireland.…
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I got quite bored, serving in the bar. Since I was there, the customers wouldn't talk about women, and with…
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Free love is too expensive.
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Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the…
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One American said that the most interesting thing about Holy Ireland was that its people hate each other in the…
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Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.
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To gain what is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.
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