"I've come up through the ranks of this parliamentary party and let me tell you the principles that have guided me on that journey since my first election 25 years ago: Loyalty to the party, service to our country and a determination to always do my best for the people. They are principles that still guide me."

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Source : "Loyalty to a Fault Over Molloy Affair Is Costing Cowen Dearly". www.independent.ie. September 26, 2009.

Brian Cowen

#Loyalty Quotes #Country Quotes #Determination Quotes

“Time travel is always more magical somehow when you go into the past. Traveling into the future is something you do, every day. You're just not going to get very far. So, I rather like the past travel.”
“We should remember in our dealings with animals that they are a sacred trust to us from our Heavenly Father. They are dumb and cannot speak for themselves.”
“An athlete learns how to hold her breath, but that doesn't work in singing. You have to learn to relax.”
“Let evil wait for the day on which it must fall.”
“No matter how many media for the dissemination of news are created, there is one rule that should never be broken:TELLTHE PEOPLE!”

Source : 1961 Headlines all my Life, ch.18.
“I have always thought, "If the city cannot come to the country, then the country must come to the city."”

Source : "Siftings".
“We've been duped into believing we don't have 25 minutes to have something change our life. We don't have 2. You know, we're tweeting. We're running around. We're 15 words or less.”
“What is real is always worth it.”

Source : Janet Fitch (2002). “White Oleander”, Large Print Press

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