Irish Home Rule

Famous quotes containing the words irish, home and/or rule:

    “The Irish are often nervous about having the appropriate face for the occasion. They have to be happy at weddings, which is a strain, so they get depressed; they have to be sad at funerals, which is easy, so they get happy.”
    —Peggy Noonan (b. 1950)

    “Many people will say to working mothers, in effect, “I don’t think you can have it all.” The phrase for “have it all” is code for “have your cake and eat it too.” What these people really mean is that achievement in the workplace has always come at a price—usually a significant personal price; conversely, women who stayed home with their children were seen as having sacrificed a great deal of their own ambition for their families.”
    —Anne C. Weisberg (20th century)

    “For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.”
    —Charles De Gaulle (1890–1970)