Peace is not only better than war but infinitely more arduous.

Let me just say, yes, I was encouraged.

I'm very gratified by it.

The United States is honored to stand with those who take risks for peace.

I will say that the Taoiseach has shown great courage in the pursuit of peace.

This is an astonishing development really because it is the first formulation anyone has come up with that permits all views to be heard.

I want to thank the Taoiseach for the courage he showed in working with the Prime Minister of Great Britain.

I am proud to say that I am now a free man of Dublin.

Today, still, the Great Famine is seared in the memory of the Irish nation and all caring peoples.

The lesson of the last 15 months is that the people like peace, they like the absence of violence.

I'm honored to be joined here, as all of you know, by my wife, members of our Cabinet, and Members of the United States Congress of both parties.

They want to live together, they want to live on equal and honorable terms, and they want to live in peace.

I leave you with these words, which I found as I was walking out the door from the Ambassador's residence.

In another context a long time ago, Mr. Yeats reminded us that too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart.

Yours is a more peaceful land in a world that is ever more peaceful in significant measure because of the efforts of the citizens of Ireland.

I think there is no other nation on Earth that can make that claim.

I'm going to do everything I can to be supportive.

The work of peace is really the work of a lifetime.