The economic and social problems would tend to become, like the military situation, more and more difficult as time went on and we became more and more isolated.

It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards.

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.

If liberty is not entire it is not liberty.

We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.

For Irishmen, there is no football game to match rugby and if all our young men played rugby not only would we beat England and Wales but France and the whole lot of them put together.

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

All history is man's efforts to realise ideals.

Since this war began our sympathy has gone out to all the suffering people who have been dragged into it. Further hundreds of millions have become involved since I spoke at Limerick fortnight ago.

It is the duty of our men to enroll themselves in the national services. We need all our manpower for defence. For the military and... we need a quarter of a million men.

Unemployment is due to the large import of goods from Britain and other countries. The Government haven't used the powers which they have for the benefit of the country.

Wear your heart on your sleeve. Write about what you think and feel. And share it with your friends.

It is from the midst of this putrid sewer that the greatest river of human industry springs up and carries fertility to the whole world. From this foul drain pure gold flows forth.

When we commit ourselves to writing for some part of each day, we are happier, more enlightened, alive, light-hearted and generous to everyone else. Even our health improves.

An old man who cannot bid farewell to life appears as feeble and sickly as the young man who is unable to embrace it.

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

I can forgive the body breaking down. It's a little tougher to forgive that mental lapse.

I wish you music to help with the burdens of life ,and to help you release your happiness to others.

There's no doubt that relationships do suffer when circumstances change profoundly.

And generally, when people say good night, they keep their tongues to themselves.

If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it.