... in Northern Ireland, if you don't have basic Christianity, rather than merely religion, all you get out of the experience of living is bitterness.

Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.

My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done.

We were born into an unjust system; we are not prepared to grow old in it.

To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else

Irish Catholics are more interested in the rosary beads than in the rosary.

It wasn't long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into Parliament.

There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents-if the term is to be used at all.

I'm not good enough to be a saint and not bad enough to be interesting.

Free love is too expensive.

One American said that the most interesting thing about Holy Ireland was that its people hate each other in the name of Jesus Christ. And they do!

…he didn’t needs words or even want them because he knew how they could lie, could heat your blood and disappear.

You can do extraordinary deeds.

You must dream big and dream often. Take risks and see what happens.

Obviously, the greater the length of a war the higher is likely to be the number of casualties in it on either side.

So when you get a chance to look at things and chill and relax, it makes you want it more, and that's why I'm so happy to be back!

We can decide to let our trials crush us, or we can convert them to new forces of good.

Literature gives us a memory of lives we did not lead.

For me, Bach is like Shakespeare. He has known all and felt all. He is everything.

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

What about you?" "Not a clue. I keep wishing I could bake a cake or something.