It is in a very real sense the mother of a great many people, a great many millions of people, and in a sense a great many nations.

It has fulfilled in the past a very special role.

I want to express my thanks and also my admiration for the best speech that I have heard since I came to Europe, from your fine Mayor.

I don't think that I have passed through a more impressive ceremony than the one I experienced yesterday in Dublin when I went with the Prime Minister to put a wreath on the graves of the men who died in 1916.

What gives me the greatest satisfaction and pride, being of Irish descent, is the realization that even today this very small island still sends thousands, literally thousands, of its sons and daughters to the ends of the globe to carry on…

Well, I will tell you, they have been among the best citizens and they behave themselves very well, and you would be proud of them.

If you ever come to America, come to Washington and tell them, if they wonder who you are at the gate, that you come from Galway.

I WANT to express my thanks to the County Council and this is where we all say goodbye.

I don't know what it is about you that causes me to think that nearly everybody in Boston comes from Galway.

I said, 'Well, you say that about every county.' And he said, 'No, this is true about this county.'

Here in Ireland the word 'freedom,' the word 'independence,' the whole sentiment of a nation is perhaps stronger than it is almost any place in the world.