Author: Eamon de Valera

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Here, in Cork district, you have in combination all the dangers which war can inflict.

Here, in Cork district, you have in combination all the dangers which war can inflict.

- Eamon de Valera

If war comes upon us, it will come as a thief in the night.

If war comes upon us, it will come as a thief in the night.

- Eamon de Valera

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.

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.

- Eamon de Valera

It is the duty of our men to enroll themselves in the national services. We need all our manpower for defence. For the military and... we need a quarter of a million men.

It is the duty of our men to enroll themselves in the national services. We need all our manpower for defence. For the military and... we need a quarter of a million men.

- Eamon de Valera

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.

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.

- Eamon de Valera

The economic and social problems would tend to become, like the military situation, more and more difficult as time went on and we became more and more isolated.

The economic and social problems would tend to become, like the military situation, more and more difficult as time went on and we became more and more isolated.

- Eamon de Valera

If there is to be any hope of prosperity for this country it is by reversing that policy which made us simply the kitchen garden for supplying the British with cheap food.

If there is to be any hope of prosperity for this country it is by reversing that policy which made us simply the kitchen garden for supplying the British with cheap food.

- Eamon de Valera

We hope that the plain people - the labourers and small farmers - will take this opportunity of coming together and working out the National programme.

We hope that the plain people - the labourers and small farmers - will take this opportunity of coming together and working out the National programme.

- Eamon de Valera

From the moment this war began, there was, for this state, only one policy possible, neutrality.

From the moment this war began, there was, for this state, only one policy possible, neutrality.

- Eamon de Valera

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