Done Quote by Bernadette Devlin Download Open image “My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done.” — Bernadette Devlin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Done Function Life Parliament Politician Politics
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Irish Catholics are more interested in the rosary beads than in the rosary. — Bernadette Devlin Copy Share Image
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else — Bernadette Devlin Copy Share Image
... in Northern Ireland, if you don't have basic Christianity, rather than merely religion, all you get out of the experience of living is bitterness. — Bernadette Devlin Copy Share Image
I went to a very militantly Republican grammar school and, under its influence, began to revolt against the Establishment, on thesimple rule of thumb,… — Bernadette Devlin Copy Share Image
One American said that the most interesting thing about Holy Ireland was that its people hate each other in the name of Jesus Christ.… — Bernadette Devlin Copy Share Image
It did not seem to me that prejudice, poverty, discrimination, repression and racism were confined to the North of Ireland. I could see them… — Bernadette Devlin Copy Share Image
We were born into an unjust system; we are not prepared to grow old in it. — Bernadette Devlin Copy Share Image
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