"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
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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
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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."
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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."
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"While the wider global environment is worrying, we are seeing some positive results in our economic affairs."
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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."
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"I try to make the good days great and take something positive from the days I'm not feeling good - work on technique or something like that."
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"The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media."
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"Women were freed from positive duties when they could not perform them, but not when they could."
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"Measurements of the specific ionization of both the positive and negative particles, by counting the number of droplets per unit length along the tracks, showed the great majority of both the positive and negative particles to possess unit electric charge."
-Carl D. Anderson
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