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" I have no interest in the trappings of power. "

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" We have a very long legal system with the European Union, and we're English speaking. "

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" Irish people are pragmatic. They understand that nobody is going to fix our problems but ourselves. "

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Lead By Example

" Public confidence in, and support for, the euro - and, indeed, the European Union - will ultimately be determined by how well we deliver on growth and jobs rather than on institutional wrangling and complex legal or technical negotiations. "

" Respectability in this country was a bad word because people did things who were in respected professions that let down the entire nation, and we're washing away their sins yet. "

" I don't take myself too seriously, but I take the job very seriously, and I expect people to do the job that they're given because this is about all our people, young and old, and it's an enormous responsibility. "

" I am perfectly clear in my mind and in my conscience in respect of freedom of religious principles and beliefs. "

" I didn't go on a campaign of developers asking, 'Please give me money.' "

" I think 'austerity' is a much abused word. I prefer to call it 'fiscal discipline' or financial, 'financial competency.' "

" It is the young people in whom I place my confidence because of their competence, because of their enthusiasm, because of their capacity to meet the frontiers that are changing every week. "

" If you were to do it again, you'd probably do some things differently. But the decision is right to have a single entity manage the water and the waste water for a country. "

" I get on very well with Denis Naughten, absolutely. "

" We'll look after the people who create jobs and business and give them that opportunity to grow in the time ahead. "

" I intend to serve a full term as Taoiseach. "

" We are going to serve our full term; there will be no snap election, and we are going to do our best to ensure that 2016 is going to be a good economic year. "

" People understand that you have to do difficult things to sort out our own public finances. "

" We've got enormous potential, phenomenal potential on our doorstep, which requires politics that makes that work, and that's what we try to show here in Ireland: that while there's a lot of pain, the reward at the end of this is career opportunities, prosperity, and brighter days for everybody. "

" I enjoy his concerts and OK, maybe - I can't sing, I can't dance, I can't play the guitar, but I am going to go a long way if I keep following Springsteen. "

" You need to talk to people, and you need to hear what it is they have to say. "

" People put dates on any kind of comment that you make. "

" The Seanad question was one element of a process of change and reform to politics that government has been pursuing. "

" You have a responsibility as a locally elected deputy, but you also have a responsibility as the head of government. "

" I think - whether it's music, literature, sport, art, whatever you want - there's nobody who can stop us if we only apply ourselves with the singular objective of being the best in the world. "