It did not seem to me that prejudice, poverty, discrimination, repression and racism were confined to the North of Ireland. I could see them everywhere I spoke and still cannot comprehend the mentality that argues that I should have pretended not to see them, because it wasn't my business.
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else - Bernadette Devlin
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else
- Bernadette Devlin
Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win. - Bernadette Devlin
Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.
Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has be… - Bernadette Devlin
Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has be…
... in Northern Ireland, if you don't have basic Christianity, rather than merely religion, all you get out of the experience of living is bitterness. - Bernadette Devlin
... in Northern Ireland, if you don't have basic Christianity, rather than merely religion, all you get out of the experience of living is bitterness.
I'm not good enough to be a saint and not bad enough to be interesting. - Bernadette Devlin
I'm not good enough to be a saint and not bad enough to be interesting.
Should an anthropologist or a sociologist be looking for a bizarre society to study, I would suggest he come to Ulster. It is one of Europe's oddest … - Bernadette Devlin
Should an anthropologist or a sociologist be looking for a bizarre society to study, I would suggest he come to Ulster. It is one of Europe's oddest …
Irish Catholics are more interested in the rosary beads than in the rosary. - Bernadette Devlin
Irish Catholics are more interested in the rosary beads than in the rosary.
I went to a very militantly Republican grammar school and, under its influence, began to revolt against the Establishment, on thesimple rule of thumb… - Bernadette Devlin
I went to a very militantly Republican grammar school and, under its influence, began to revolt against the Establishment, on thesimple rule of thumb…
My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done. - Bernadette Devlin
My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done.
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