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 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.

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.

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.

Natural Sciences are all about fascinating causality.

Happiness is not an experience, but the essence of experience.

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

I'm more and more convinced that life is a dream. What has happened to me is surely a dream.

When you lose a customer, it can be tempting to tell each other, "That customer's not very sharp. They just made the wrong decision".

True intimacy is only build around the freedom to disagree.

People say mental hospitals are for the patients, in fact they are to protect society from them. They are justified in doing that. Society has to do what is best for itself.

Money is power. Every good man and woman ought to strive for power, to do good with it when obtained. I say, get rich, get rich!

Dont play any notes. Notes are for babies.

It's never paid to bet against America.