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" I just think that the older you get, the more you appreciate the responsibility of politics. "

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Lead By Example

" People tell me their own stories about how they have come through great difficulty. "

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

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

" My relationship with Alan Shatter is a professional relationship: obviously worked with him over the years, complimented him for his work as a reforming minister, and move on. "

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

" My job starts at a quarter to seven in the morning, and you go right through until whatever time is necessary to finish up. "

" I would never accuse the Irish people of being in any way stupid. "

" The Constitution says that the right to life of the unborn is protected and given equal rights as the life of the mother. "

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

" Clericalism has rendered some of Ireland's brightest, most privileged and powerful men either unwilling or unable to address the horrors cited in the Ryan and Murphy Reports. "

" Cloyne's revelations are heart-breaking. "

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

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

" I have never had an interest in opinion polls. They are merely an indicator, that's all. "

" We need to work together towards a mutually beneficial solution for Ireland, the U.K., and for Europe. "

" 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. "

" We have so much discrimination in this world - colour, race, creed, all of these things - and there is an issue here that the right of marriage in the civil law is not extended to same-sex couples. "

" If somebody says, 'I am a gay person, and I want to get married,' is their own family going to deny them that? Are our own fellow citizens going to deny them that? "