Northern Ireland Quotes

We all have our pride to play for and we will do our best here, and we will stick to a similar pattern before maybe changing things around for Northern Ireland and Azerbaijan in our final two qualifiers. - John Toshack

Violence or the threat of violence will not solve the
problems of Northern Ireland. The only way forward to peace,
political stability and reconciliation is through democratic
means. - George Mitchell

Ulster (Northern Ireland) and the Balkans have already shown how difficult it is to split cities, and with Iraq's centralized and failing infrastructure, and impoverished economy, violence and economics cannot be separated. - Anthony Cordesman

This year, 2006, is a very decisive year for Northern Ireland. - Tony Blair

This temperamental disposition towards an art that was earnest and devoted to things as they are was corroborated by the experience of having been born and brought up in Northern Ireland and of having lived with that place even though I have lived out of it for the past quarter of a century. - Seamus Heaney

This may be the day when finally after all the false dawns and dashed hope, peace replaced war, politics replaces terror on the island of Ireland. ... This is a step of unparalleled magnitude in the recent history of Northern Ireland. - Tony Blair

This is the moment we've been waiting for a very long time and it's taken years of patience, perseverance and often disappointment. But we've tried to carry on with unquenchable optimism that Northern Ireland can have a different and better future and this is a very important moment. - Tony Blair

This is the great thing about Northern Ireland. I walk down the street and people stop me and say things like, 'I know you. You're that wee golfer, aren't you?' I say, 'Yeah, that's me.' They say, 'Keep it up, wee man.' It's very funny and that's why I want to stay here as long as possible. - Rory McIlroy