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I would never accuse the Irish people of being in any way stupid.

A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong time.

Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders.

Blunders are an inescapable feature of war, because choice in military affairs lies generally between the bad and the worse.

They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn't want to be broken.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

Perhaps our Irish friends should not so completely turn their backs on their historical dishes, no matter how many jokes they might have to endure.

Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.

I am not in the business of pointing fingers or making excuses. However, recent history has shown that I, like thousands of others in Ireland, incorrectly relied upon the persons who guided Anglo and who wrongfully sought to portray a 'blue chip' Irish banking sector.

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.