Irish American Mayors

Famous quotes containing the words irish and/or american:

“I went to a very militantly Republican grammar school and, under its influence, began to revolt against the Establishment, on the simple rule of thumb, highly satisfying to a ten-year-old, that Irish equals good, English equals bad.”
—Bernadette Devlin (b. 1947)

“Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father.”
—Gloria Steinem (20th century)