"I will be a President for all the……" — Michael D. Higgins
"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 the Irish abroad. I'm looking forward to it and I think it will be exciting and wonderful."
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Michael D. Higgins
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24 Quotes by Michael D. Higgins
Michael D. Higgins has 24 quotes on this site.
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I want to say a very sincere thank you for this welcome home - it is a wonderful welcome home.…
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I think even the poorest people in the great country that is the United States should be entitled to basic…
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Every age, after all, must have its own aisling and dream of a better, kinder, happier, shared world.
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I am delighted with the strong vote I have received. My message of positive leadership, patriotism and commitment clearly was…
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We need to discuss the basis of a new form of trust built on a meaningful form of citizenship appropriate…
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Through the inspiration of Vaclav's words, the courage of his dissidence and the integrity of his leadership, Czechoslovakia successfully transitioned…
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Be proud to be a decent American rather than a wanker whipping up fear.
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The mandate I have received and for which I will speak with heart and head to implement over the next…
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I love our shared island, our shared Ireland and its core decency. I love it for its imagination and its…
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Ireland has made its choice for the future and it has chosen the version of Irishness it will build. I…
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Making an Irishness to be proud of in a real Republic. It is the vision of a real Republic where…
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Now it is time to turn to an older wisdom that, while respecting material comfort and security as a basic…
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More Abroad Quotes
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one of 501 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long…
— Saint Augustine
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By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity.
— Saint Augustine
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Cheney is a terrorist. He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately.
— Alec Baldwin
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America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy.
— John Quincy Adams
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It could be argued that, in Thailand, many foreigners have come and gone, and the number of people who are…
— Bhumibol Adulyadej
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I wish I could adjust my voice, but it's just what's happened to me. It's because I've lived abroad for…
— Bill Bryson
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Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.
— Samuel Butler
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The two things I was positive about in life were that I was going to be a teacher at a…
— Tucker Carlson
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Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly…
— William Ellery Channing
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When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own…
— Winston Churchill
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Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to…
— Kofi Annan
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We should strengthen our immigration laws to prevent the importation of foreign wages and working conditions. We should make it…
— Edward Kennedy
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