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Conor Cruise O'Brien

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Irish Politician

Conor Cruise O'Brien was an Irish politician, born on November 3, 1917, and passed away on December 18, 2008. He played a significant role in the Irish independence movement and served as an advisor to the Prime Minister's Office in the newly formed Irish Republic.

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“Irishness is not primarily a question of birth or blood or language; it is the condition of being involved in the Irish situation, and usually of being mauled by it.”

Language Situation Blood Conditions Birth Involved Being Irish Ireland And The Irish

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“In the last century the Arab thinker Jamal al-Afghani wrote: 'Every Muslim is sick and his only remedy is in the Koran.' Unfortunately the sickness gets worse the more the remedy is taken.”

Lasts Taken Atheism Century Sick Sickness Als Thinker Remedy

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“British diplomats, constantly exposed to American political-ethical rhetoric, find their professional skills tested to the limits by the need to keep a straight face. For illustrations of what I mean, study the photographs of the expressions worn by Mr Douglas Hurd at any international conference involving all the Western allies.”

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“Human nature doesn't include all human beings. There are human beings who are indifferent to politics, religion, virtually anything.”

Humans Human Beings Human Nature Indifferent Being There

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“Man watches his history on the screen with apathy and an occasional passing flicker of horror or indignation.”

Men Watches History Horror Screens Passing Passings Apathy Occasional Indignation Flicker Righteous Indignation

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“Nothing does more to activate Christian divisions than talk about Christian unity.”

Doe Christian Unity Division Activate Christian Unity

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“The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail... You can safely appeal to the UN in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down.”

Government America Nations United Failing Members Comfortable Capacity Certainty Appeals Proven United Nations

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“The United Nations cannot do anything, and never could; it is not an animate entity or agent. It is a place, a stage, a forum and a shrine... a place to which powerful people can repair when they are fearful about the course on which their own rhetoric seems to be propelling them.”

People Seems Courses Nations United Powerful Stage Agents Fearful Entity Rhetoric United Nations Forums Shrines

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“You are not an agnostic.....You are just a fat slob who is too lazy to go to Mass.”

Mass Fats Lazy Agnostic Sloth

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“A good man giving bad advice is more dangerous than a nasty man giving bad advice.”

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“You can safely appeal to the UN in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down.”

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“The sea which we think of separating the two island actually joins them.”

Thinking Two Sea Islands Separating

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About the Author

Born: November 3, 1917
Died: December 18, 2008
Known for: Irish Politician
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