I must say, as the recipient of this outpouring of good will for the United States, I am most grateful to you all.
Democracy is a difficult kind of government.
Most countries send out oil or iron, steel or gold or some other crop, but Ireland has had only one export and that is its people.
So Ireland is still old Ireland, but it has found a new mission in the 1960's, and that is to lead the free world to join with other countri...
I come to this island which has been identified with that effort for a thousand years, which was the first country in the 20th century to le...
I want to also say how pleased I am to have this association with these two great universities.
The world is a small place today and it is, it seems to me, important that we recognize the kinship which exists between all free people.
What pleases me most about coming here is not only this connection which all of us in America feel with Ireland, even though time and genera...
I am glad to take part in this ceremony this morning for John Barry.
In Ireland I think you see something of what is so great about the United States.
I want to express my pleasure at being back from whence I came.
When my great grandfather left here to become a cooper in East Boston, he carried nothing with him except two things: a strong religious fai...
It is no coincidence that John Barry and a good many of his successors played such a leading part in the American struggle, not only for ind...
So I am proud to be here.
There is an impression in Washington that there are no Kennedys left in Ireland, that they are all in Washington, so I wonder if there are a...
Well, it is our home also in the winter, and I hope you will come and see us.
And I am proud to come here for another reason, because it makes me even prouder of my own country.
I am glad to say that all of his great grandchildren have valued that inheritance.
