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

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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

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

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

" Failure to curb temperature increases will impact all countries, Ireland included, but with the most immediate and drastic effects being felt, in many instances, by the most vulnerable countries and communities. "

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

" For too long, Ireland has neglected its children. "

" Conservation is important... water comes at a cost. "

" I am a big believer in Springsteen, I like his social comment; I like the commitment he puts into his work. "

" No politician in a European sense is happy with 26 million people unemployed. Nobody can be happy with 6 to 9 million young people unemployed. You have to give them hope and confidence and a sense of inspiration that the European process is actually about people, not about bureaucracy. "

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

" Populist promises to reverse every tough decision are nothing but empty rhetoric, irresponsible leadership, and bad politics. They are not the solution to Ireland's problems. "

" Emigration is always a difficulty. "

" My genuine belief is that if we can get through the eurozone crisis from a political point of view, we've got a lot of engines that can drive our economy, that will restore confidence and get us moving on. "

" 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. "

" We have spent our time in government fixing the economy. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 accept the verdict of the people. "

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

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

" For years, Ireland used to have a philosophy of 'Get them in here to invest and develop in Ireland, and this will sort out our problems.' It is good in the sense of building a trade surplus, but we also want to develop what it is that we offer ourselves and that Irish companies export abroad. "