Michael D. Higgins Quotes

• Be proud to be a decent American rather than a wanker whipping up fear.

  Michael D. Higgins

  Fear, America, Political

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• I love our shared island, our shared Ireland and its core decency. I love it for its imagination and its celebration of the endless possibilities for our people.

  Michael D. Higgins

  Islands, People, Imagination

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Every age, after all, must have its own aisling and dream of a better, kinder, happier, shared world.

  Michael D. Higgins

  Dream, Age, World

  Michael D. Higgins (2016). “When Ideas Matter”, p.14, Head of Zeus Ltd

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• I will be a President for all the people, whether they voted for me or not, whether they are young or old and particularly for the Irish abroad. I'm looking forward to it and I think it will be exciting and wonderful.

  Michael D. Higgins

  Thinking, People, President

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Now it is time to turn to an older wisdom that, while respecting material comfort and security as a basic right of all, also recognises that many of the most valuable things in life cannot be measured.

  Michael D. Higgins

  Things In Life, Comfort, Valuable

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I started out, people were afraid of parish priests. Now they're afraid of newspaper editors.

  Michael D. Higgins

  Editors, People, Newspapers

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• The mandate I have received and for which I will speak with heart and head to implement over the next seven years had its four pillars - an inclusive citizenship, equality and participation and respect in a creative society creating an excellence in everything we Irish do.

  Michael D. Higgins

  Heart, Years, Creating

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We need to discuss the basis of a new form of trust built on a meaningful form of citizenship appropriate for a republic.

  Michael D. Higgins

  Meaningful, Needs, Republic

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think even the poorest people in the great country that is the United States should be entitled to basic health care.

  Michael D. Higgins

  Country, Thinking, People

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• I am delighted to be back home in Galway, the place I first came to as a 19-year-old in 1960. It's here where my heart is and will forever be.

  Michael D. Higgins

  Home, Heart, Years

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Ireland has made its choice for the future and it has chosen the version of Irishness it will build. I know, and I will work with head and heart to be part of it with all of you in creating that future one in which all of us can be part of and part of us too.

  Michael D. Higgins

  Heart, Creating, Choices

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The presidency is an independent office and the Irish people whom I appreciate so much and I take with such responsibility have given a very clear mandate on a very clear set of ideas to me, as the ninth president.

  Michael D. Higgins

  Independent, Responsibility, Ideas

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Making an Irishness to be proud of in a real Republic. It is the vision of a real Republic where life and language, where ideals and experience have the ring of authenticity which we need now as we go forward.

  Michael D. Higgins

  Real, Vision, Needs

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Through the inspiration of Vaclav's words, the courage of his dissidence and the integrity of his leadership, Czechoslovakia successfully transitioned from an authoritarian state to a free democracy at the heart of Europe.

  Michael D. Higgins

  Integrity, Inspiration, Heart

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I am delighted with the strong vote I have received. My message of positive leadership, patriotism and commitment clearly was resonating with tens of thousands of ordinary Irish people.

  Michael D. Higgins

  Strong, Commitment, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I want to say a very sincere thank you for this welcome home - it is a wonderful welcome home. It is the place to where I return and where I will always return because it is of Galway that I am.

  Michael D. Higgins

  Thank You, Home, Want

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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