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" The decision of a majority of people in the United Kingdom to vote to leave the European Union is profoundly disappointing. "

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" By 2007, an uncompetitive, bloated, over-borrowed and distorted Irish economy had been left at the mercy of subsequent international events without the safeguards, institutions, and mindset needed to survive and prosper as a small open economy inside the euro area. "

" The re-establishment of a hard border on the island of Ireland would be a step backwards and present an opportunity for others, with malign agendas, to exploit for destructive purposes. "

" Ireland cannot become the collector general for the world. We can only tax on profits generated in the country here. "

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

" My job is to rectify the public finances and hand the country back to the people so they can really have a future, and that is what I will do. "

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

" Under no circumstances will I allow the Fianna Fail party back into government. They wrecked the economy twice. "

" Foreign investors like decisiveness; they like clarity. There isn't any confusion about Ireland's corporate tax rate: it is 12.5%. End of story. "

" I am proud that Ireland is playing its part to drive an ambitious and comprehensive agreement at COP21. "

" 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. "

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

" I don't like to see people on trolleys in hospitals; I don't like to see old people sitting in chairs for hours. "

" The U.K. and Ireland are like-minded on E.U. matters, and the process of working together in Brussels has built an immense store of knowledge, personal relationships, and trust between our governments. "

Working Together

" I accept the verdict of the people. "

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

" You're not going to be able to deliver jobs locally unless you sort out the nation's problems, and that's why the big and difficult decisions about Ireland's economy have been so crucial and so difficult for people to have to accept and have to deal with, but the reality is the people gave this government an unprecedented mandate. "

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

" Our revenue commissions are very happy and very clear that they showed no sweetheart deals and no preference for any company and never do and never have and never will. "

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

" I've often said it: that it is seen to be a place of energy, of excitement, of enthusiasm. That there's something about Ireland. "

" The lion's share of the damage to the Irish economy was the fault of domestic, economic, and financial mismanagement. "

" The world has changed utterly. There was a time when you couldn't marry a Protestant. There was a time when you got married that the women had to give up their job in the public service, and when they got married, they were owned by their husbands. That's all changed. "

" COP 21 provides a unique opportunity for the political leaders of this generation to provide lasting foundations for the preservation and sustainability of generations of the future. "

" 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. "

" Rather than just saying, like, 'Your economy is the be all and end all,' I go back to my three roots that I've often said about this being best country for business, the best to raise a family in, and the best to grow old in with a sense of dignity and respect. "

" There will be no hard border from Dundalk to Derry in the context of it being a European border, and by that I mean customs posts every mile along the road. "

" We must ensure that more binding, durable, and enforceable fiscal rules go hand-in-hand with funding certainty for countries pursuing sound and sustainable economic policies. We need to keep pushing forward towards a comprehensive solution to the challenges of the eurozone. "

" 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. "

" 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. "