At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means.

One man's transparency is another's humiliation.

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.

Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.

It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo.

The days of humiliation, of second-class citizens and of inequality are over and gone forever.

It might or might not be right to kill, but sometimes it is necessary.

Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfillment.

If you militarise a situation, you beg for an armed response.

When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity.

Once water charges are in place they will only go up. This has been the history of all these charges

The day you leave, this will be your only contentment: if you have made the existence a little more beautiful.

Change starts with YOU. When you step up, you invite others to step up, too.

That’s the beauty of the universe. There’s always a new mystery.

Everything I do you are here to give me an assurance that I will succeed. What an awesome Father you are.

Robert Treat Paine was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

When the enemy is driven back, we have failed, and when he is cut off, encircled and dispersed, we have succeeded.

I mean, whatever’s supposed to happen is gonna happen.

Little Jesus, was Thou shy Once, and just so small as I? And what did it feel like to be Out of Heaven, and just like me?

But how to get faith strengthened? Not by striving after faith, but by resting on the Faithful One.

To walk on the road is a journey; to sit under the tree is a journey! Everything we do is a journey to somewhere!