Irish Permanent

Famous quotes containing the words irish and/or permanent:

“Irish Americans are about as Irish as black Americans are African.”
—Bob Geldof (b. 1954)

“There is no permanent class of hired laborers amongst us. Twenty five years ago, I was a hired laborer. The hired laborer of yesterday, labors on his own account today; and will hire others to labor for him tomorrow. Advancement—improvement in condition—is the order of things in a society of equals.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)