#northern ireland

You know, the pessimism which exists now in the Middle East existed in Northern Ireland, but we stayed at it. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

#existed #exists #ireland #know #middle

In my teens, I joined the Parachute Regiment. I jumped out of lots of airplanes, as much as the Government budget would allow us to. I did two active tours of duty: Northern Ireland, and then the Falklands war. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#allow #budget #did #duty #falklands

When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe? ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#audience #believe #catholics #god #i

When the problems in Northern Ireland started, it was not a question of Protestantism or Catholicism, because the Catholic church was the only church at that time-it was a nationalist conflict. ↗

— Harri Holkeri

#catholic #catholic church #catholicism #church #conflict

I'm going to be looking forward, asked to be judged on my record, not taken back as has been the - in a sense, the tendency throughout politics in Northern Ireland, is to always look back, always look at what was said a long time ago, instead of looking forward. ↗

— Peter Hain

#always #asked #back #been #forward

My job now, as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, is to take this process forward, and that I'm determined to do, whatever old clippings you dig out and whatever old quotes you put before me. ↗

— Peter Hain

#clippings #determined #dig #forward #i

The big missing part of the jig-saw is to get the assembly back up and running here in Northern Ireland, to get shared government back in business, that is my objective, and we await the IRA statement to see if this will trigger a new dawn. ↗

— Peter Hain

#await #back #back up #big #business

Obviously one of the things that poets from Northern Ireland and beyond - had to try to make sense of was what was happening on a day-to-day political level. ↗

— Paul Muldoon

#day-to-day #had #happening #ireland #level

I believe we've spent many years trying to bring about talks which have all the Parties in Northern Ireland involved so that there'd be inclusive talks. ↗

— Dick Spring

#believe #bring #i #i believe #inclusive

We're nondenominational. I come from Northern Ireland, and we've had religious wars for years. I didn't want to create an illusion that my God is better than your God. So our show is a spiritual show, not a religious show. ↗

— Roma Downey

#come #create #god #had #i