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Deep down I'm a very shallow person.
I never condemn wrongdoing in any area.
What Ireland needs now above all else is peace.
One cannot have economic growth without security.
I am convinced that nobody should be afraid of peace.
The E.U. is the world's fastest growing democratic body.
When the E.U. and the U.S. agree, other countries follow.
Ireland has a role to play in making the E.U. united and strong.
That's where my job comes in. Getting the E.U. and U.S. to agree.
Ireland is where strange tales begin and happy endings are possible.
The IRA have nowhere to go. I've stripped away all their excuses, one by one.
It is obvious that the RUC is no longer accepted as an impartial police force.
The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace.
The U.S. - E.U. economic relationship dwarfs America's economic ties with China.
I think it is fair to say that 2007 represents a turning point for the Irish economy.
A terrorist nuclear detonation in a western city would destroy all economic confidence.
You know, I have a theory about Charlie Haughey. If you give him enough rope, he'll hang you.
The Irish Government can no longer stand by and see innocent people injured and perhaps worse.
U.S. companies rely on the European market for more than half of their global foreign profits.
European investment in Texas alone exceeds all U.S. investment in China and Japan put together.
U.S. companies earn more from their investments in the EU than in the rest of the world combined.
States can be deterred by the fear of retaliation; non-state organisations cannot by deterred at all.
There were a couple of occasions when it was passed around - and, unlike President Clinton, I did inhale!
If the EU and the US can cooperate successfully on regulating financial markets, everyone else will follow.
Since creation of the E.U. a half century ago, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history.
To this day, good English usually means the English wealthy and powerful people spoke a generation or two ago.
A fan is someone who, if you have made an idiot of yourself on the pitch, doesn't think you've done a permanent job.
We in Ireland have not been immune from the bigotry and the indifference which manifested itself in Europe this century
As long as I am running this Government I will run the Government as I see fit... as I believe in, based on my philosophy.
The E.U. imports more agricultural goods from developing countries around the world than does the U.S., Canada and Japan, combined.
Sitting on the sidelines, cribbing and moaning is a lost opportunity. I don’t know how people who engage in that don’t commit suicide.
The economy is not an abstraction. The economy consists of people, and it will only grow if people feel secure and are reasonably free.
Mr Brown is a politician of exceptional experience and ability, and I am sure he will discharge the office of Prime Minister with distinction
Non-proliferation will only work if all states are willing to cooperate, and that will only happen if all feel they are being treated fairly.
Arguments over grammar and style are often as fierce as those over IBM versus Mac, and as fruitless as Coke versus Pepsi and boxers versus briefs.
It is not viable for one country to demand a right to increase and upgrade its nuclear weapons capabilities while asking others to eliminate theirs.
I've seen it over the years, the more intellectual they are, the more work they don't want to do. You have to do both, you have to be able to put in the graft.
Proliferation of nuclear weapons to terrorist organisations is far more dangerous than proliferation of nuclear weapons to states, even states like North Korea.
Indeed, American companies make three times as much profits from their investment in one E.U. country, Ireland, than they do from all their investments in China.
The time horizon may be too long for sole reliance on market solutions - but perhaps the inventiveness of the financial services industry will prove me wrong that point!
Some people dye their hair yellow or put rings in their noses. I decided I wasn't going to open an account. Put it the other way round - there was no reason that I should.
The E.U. has moved to combat global terrorism by instituting common European arrest and evidence warrants and creating a joint situation center to pool and analyze intelligence.
We can demonstrate, by our own example, how E.U. freedoms, including the freedom of nationals of other E.U. countries to come and work here, has enabled us to expand our economy.
It is quite unacceptable that a member of Dáil Éireann and in particular a Cabinet Minister and Taoiseach, should be supported in his personal lifestyle by gifts made to him personally.
We have, therefore, directed the Irish Army authorities to have field hospitals established in County Donegal adjacent to Derry and at other points along the Border where they may be necessary.
But our system of regulation must keep up with this. If it fails to keep up, it will hold back economic expansion. We need financial market regulation that works at national and European level.
I was reared in a pub - as a young fellow, serving in the pub I learnt far more there about human nature than I learnt in any university or school. I think it gave me a great insight into people.
I call on everyone of goodwill both in Ireland and abroad to join now in ensuring that the beginning of peace becomes a reality, before this year is out. Let us together open a new era in our history.
I believe it is the best method to get the buy-in for the road we have to travel. I believe it is a problem-solving process about how we collectively come forward with a strategy to deal with the issue.
Of course the EU and member states must work to ensure that people moving from one country to another understand their obligations and their rights in areas like health, road safety and further education.