Richard Nixon actually said...

Proud of my own and of my wife's Irish heritage and proud of the contributions made by the Irish to the United States and to the cause of fr...

I especially invite the older citizens of this Nation to use this month as a time for reexamining the social role which they are playing and...

Well, we also have an Irish setter, you see.

Having learned to live with change and challenge, they offer us, now and for the future, a valuable resource of skill and of wisdom.