"I never condemn wrongdoing in any area."

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Source : "Bertiespeak: Blasts From the Past". www.independent.ie. July 05, 2007.

Bertie Ahern

#Areas Quotes #Wrongdoing Quotes

“We're [Ocean Conservancy group] trying to convince people it's a bad idea to catch fish faster than they can reproduce. That should be a duh, but it's still going on.”

Source : Source: www.treehugger.com
“We stand for organized terror - this should be frankly admitted. Terror is an absolute necessity during times of revolution. Our aim is to fight against the enemies of the Soviet Government and of the new order of life. We judge quickly. In most cases only a day passes between the apprehension of the criminal and his sentence. When confronted with evidence criminals in almost every case confess; and what argument can have greater weight than a criminal's own confession.”
“The idea of a socialism with a human face was something that I absolutely could support, because it was my idea from the very first.”
“And I could weep at how mean people are and how they betray their fellow creatures, perhaps for the sake of personal advantage. It is enough to make a person lose heart sometimes. I often wish I lived on a Robinson Crusoe island.”
“We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world and it's efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read-”
“Well, it's always nice to know the fans didn't forget what you did when you played in the NHL.”
“I love my bed. It is larger than a desk and better designed to hold books and papers. It is softer than a desk and better designed for naps. It is the center of all good things. And day or night, everyone knows where to find me.”
“And let no one suppose that I claim that just living can be taught for, in a word, I hold that there does not exist an art of the kind which can implant sobriety and justice into depraved natures.Â Nevertheless, I do think that the study of political discourse can help more than any other thing to stimulate and form such qualities of character”

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