Bernadette Devlin Quotes

"One American said that the most interesting thing about Holy Ireland was that its people hate each other in the name of Jesus Christ. And they do!"
- Bernadette Devlin
(Related: People, American, Christ, Hate, Ireland, Name)

"Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win."
- Bernadette Devlin
(Related: Struggle, Today, Yesterday)

"To gain what is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else."
- Bernadette Devlin
(Related: Gain, May, Worth)

"My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done."
- Bernadette Devlin
(Related: Life)

"It wasn't long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into Parliament."
- Bernadette Devlin
(Related: People, Parliament)

"Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom."
- Bernadette Devlin
(Related: Politics, Sacrifice, People, Job, Parliament)

"I got quite bored, serving in the bar. Since I was there, the customers wouldn't talk about women, and with half their subject matter denied them, it was: horses, silence; horses, silence."
- Bernadette Devlin
(Related: Women, Horses, Silence, Talk)