“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.” IfsMenWholeTogetherYoungGamesFootballBeatsEnglandFranceYoung ManRugbyWalesFootball GameIrishmen Author:Eamon de Valera
“If there is to be any hope of prosperity for this country it is by reversing that policy which made us simply the kitchen garden for supplying the British with cheap food.” IfsMadeCountryPolicyGardenProsperityBritishKitchenCheap Food Author:Eamon de Valera
“If war comes upon us, it will come as a thief in the night” IfsWarNightHistoricalThieves Author:Eamon de Valera
“An independent Ireland would see its own independence in jeopardy the moment it saw the independence of Britain seriously threatened. Mutual self-interest would make the peoples of these two islands, if both independent, the closest possible allies in a moment of real national danger to either.” IfsTwoRealSelfMomentsInterestHistorySawsDangerIndependentIndependenceIslandsBritainMutualAlliesIrelandClosestThreatenedSelf InterestJeopardy Author:Eamon de Valera
“I shall strive not to be guilty of adding any fuel to the flames of hatred and passion which, if continued to be fed, promise to burn up whatever is left by the war of decent human feeling in Europe.” IfsHumansWarFeelingsPassionLeftPromiseEuropeHatredStriveGuiltyFlamesDecentFuelFeds 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
