"We are a vibrant first-world country, but we……" — Mary McAleese
"We are a vibrant first-world country, but we have a humbling third-world memory."
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Mary McAleese
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9 Quotes by Mary McAleese
Mary McAleese has 9 quotes on this site.
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Whatever changes the new era brings, whatever new pathways we take, I am sure that our special relationship with America…
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That past is still within our living memory, a time when neighbour helped neighbour, sharing what little they had out…
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Here is a shared memory that we didn't share, forgot to share, for almost ninety years.
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It is absolutely no accident that the peace and reconciliation, and indeed the economic progress, that eluded us generation after…
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People with disabilities have abilities too and that is what this course is all about - making sure those abilities…
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The immigrant's heart marches to the beat of two quite different drums, one from the old homeland and the other…
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The last thing I would want to do is to create the impression that sectarianism came from only one side…
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The extent to which all people in our society are made to count, and believe that they count, is not…
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