Unemployment is due to the large import of goods from Britain and other countries. The Government haven't used the powers which they have for the benefit of the country.
From Eamon de Valera
It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards.
We, of our time, have played our part in the perseverance, and we have pledged ourselves to the dead generations who have preserved intact for us this glorious heritage, that we, too, will strive to be faithful to the end, and pass on this tradition unblemished.
From the moment this war began, there was, for this state, only one policy possible, neutrality.
God has been pleased to save us during the years of war that have already passed. We pray that He may be pleased to save us to the end. But we must do our part.
Mr. Churchill is proud of Britain's stand alone, after France had fallen and before America entered the War.
Here, in Cork district, you have in combination all the dangers which war can inflict.
I shall strive not to be guilty of adding any fuel to the flames of hatred and passion which, if continued to be fed, promise to burn up whatever is left by the war of decent human feeling in Europe.
We hope that the plain people - the labourers and small farmers - will take this opportunity of coming together and working out the National programme.
If war comes upon us, it will come as a thief in the night.
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