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

Irish Catholics are more interested in the rosary beads than in the rosary.

- 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.

- Bernadette Devlin

I'm not good enough to be a saint and not bad enough to be interesting.

- 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…

- Bernadette Devlin

My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done.

- 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…

- 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 …

- Bernadette Devlin