It was like two drunks in a back alley throwing punches at each other.

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.

Hope is a fruit of proven character.

Is that a rule? Do you have a rule that you can’t kiss people in the morning?

I let go. Lost in oblivion. Dark and silent and complete. I found freedom. Losing all hope was freedom.

Of course God enjoys a good prank as much as the next infallible deity.

It was all the things you could never understand and could never possess that made you ache.

The world is more peaceful and more free under my leadership.

Love is the spirit of life, and makes all things live.

I see bodies as individual things.

Men are not to be judged by their looks, habits, and appearances; but by the character of their lives and conversations, and by their works.

Whenever I'm feeling a bit down, I always visit the local children's hospital. Knowing that those cancer-kids wont be able to live long enough to surpass me in fame just warms my heart, you know?