Top 19 Quotes by Eamon de Valera

Here, in Cork district, you have in combination all the dangers which war can inflict.

We hope that the plain people - the labourers and small farmers - will take this opportunity of coming together and working out the National programme.

The economic and social problems would tend to become, like the military situation, more and more difficult as time went on and we became more and more isolated.

It is the duty of our men to enroll themselves in the national services. We need all our manpower for defence. For the military and... we need a quarter of a million men.

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.

It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards.

The part which American friendship played in helping us to win the freedom we enjoy in this part of Ireland has been gratefully recognized and acknowledged by our people.

Since this war began our sympathy has gone out to all the suffering people who have been dragged into it. Further hundreds of millions have become involved since I spoke at Limerick fortnight ago.

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.