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.

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.

The part which American friendship played in helping us to win the freedom we enjoy in this part of Ireland has been gratefully recognized and acknowledged by our people.

How often ignorance stings less than knowledge.

Finally, slowly, drippingly, degrade the term Choice down to its most meager means: The red car not the black one. The 9:25 showing, not the 7:15. Ritz not Wheat Thins.

You cannot import anything from outside your country regarding the future of your country.

The good particular men may do separately, in relieving the sick, is small, compared with what they may do collectively.

I practice yoga nidra to support my mental health and clear my mind space.

You might be a redneck if your wheelbarrow breaks and it takes four relatives to figure out how to fix it.

Poetry, that is to say the poetic, is a primal necessity.

A career is born in public - talent in privacy.

I find that putting my makeup on and playing with different looks is really relaxing for me before the show.

Life is more important than art - quantity is only important in that the amount of activity is greater not the number of works.