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I have not lived solely amongst the intellectuals. The first fifteen years of my life that formed my character were lived amongst the Irish people down in Limerick; therefore, I know what I am talking about; and whenever I wanted to know what the Irish people wanted I had only to examine my own heart and it told me straight off what the Irish people wanted.

— Éamon de Valera

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All history is man's efforts to realise ideals.

I'm Glad You Asked Me That (2007)

Partition is after all only an old fortress of crumbled masonry — held together with the plaster of fiction.

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It is my considered opinion that in the fullness of time history will record the greatness of Michael Collins and it will be recorded at my expense.

The Irish genius has always stressed spiritual and intellectual rather than material values.

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A Dhomhnall, I have to tell you, you are abolished.

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