“Of course I wrote most of the Constitution myself. I remember hesitating for a long time over the US presidential system. But it wouldn't have done - we were too trained in English democracy to sit down under a dictatorship which is what the American system really is.” LongDoneRememberCoursesDemocracyLong TimeConstitutionPresidentialDictatorshipUs Presidential Author:Eamon de Valera
“When we have done our best, we can, as a united people, take whatever may befall with calm courage and confidence that this old nation will survive and if death should come to many of us, death is not the end.” PeopleIfsShouldMayEndsDoneNationsUnitedConfidenceCalm Author:Eamon de Valera
