Bertie Ahern Quotes

• I never condemn wrongdoing in any area.

  Bertie Ahern

  Areas, Wrongdoing

  "Bertiespeak: Blasts From the Past". www.independent.ie. July 05, 2007.

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• Some people dye their hair yellow or put rings in their noses. I decided I wasn't going to open an account. Put it the other way round - there was no reason that I should.

  Bertie Ahern

  Hair, Yellow, People

  "Highlights of Bertie Ahern’s Evidence to Mahon Tribunal". www.independent.ie. March 22, 2012.

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• Sitting on the sidelines, cribbing and moaning is a lost opportunity. I don’t know how people who engage in that don’t commit suicide.

  Bertie Ahern

  Suicide, Opportunity, People

  "NAMA makes £150m on London deal" by Lisa O'Carroll, www.theguardian.com. March 9, 2011.

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• It is quite unacceptable that a member of Dáil Éireann and in particular a Cabinet Minister and Taoiseach, should be supported in his personal lifestyle by gifts made to him personally.

  Bertie Ahern

  Cabinets, Lifestyle, Ministers

  "I've broken absolutely no codes, ethical, tax, legal or otherwise". Brian Dobson's RTÉ interview, www.irishtimes.com. September 27, 2006.

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• Mr Brown is a politician of exceptional experience and ability, and I am sure he will discharge the office of Prime Minister with distinction

  Bertie Ahern

  Office, Politician, Prime

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• The public are entitled to have an absolute guarantee of the financial probity and integrity of their elected representatives, their officials and above all of Ministers. They need to know that they are under financial obligations to nobody, other than public lending institutions, except to the extent that they are publicly declared.

  Bertie Ahern

  Integrity, Needs, Guarantees

  "Turning the Tables on McDowell". www.irishtimes.com. September 28, 2006.

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• I've seen it over the years, the more intellectual they are, the more work they don't want to do. You have to do both, you have to be able to put in the graft.

  Bertie Ahern

  Years, Intellectual, Want

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• We were always dead against the war.

  Bertie Ahern

  War

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