“By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.” YearsBigsIndustrySchemesShannon Author:Eamon de Valera
“Could he not find in his heart the generosity to acknowledge that there is a small nation that stood alone not for one year or two, but for several hundred years against aggression; that endured spoliations, famines, massacres in endless succession; that was clubbed many times into insensibility, but that each time on returning [to] consciousness took up the fight anew; a small nation that could never be got to accept defeat and has never surrendered her soul?” YearsHeartTwoSoulFightingNationsConsciousnessAcceptingHundredDefeatEndlessGenerosityAcknowledgeAggressionSuccessionFamineMassacresNever SurrenderIreland And The IrishInsensibilitySmall Nations Author:Eamon de Valera
“God has been pleased to save us during the years of war that have already passed. We pray that He may be pleased to save us to the end. But we must do our part.” YearsMayHas BeensWarEndsSeaPraying Author:Eamon de Valera
