Top Ira Quotes
I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me.
Ethel Merman
Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing.
Joni Mitchell
Everyone I have spoken with so far recognises the need for the IRA to respond positively and every has said sooner is better than later and I think there is some concern if it does continue to delay much longer that the situation isn't going to remain the same.
Mitchell Reiss
What's crucial is that the IRA produce a credible statement that paramilitary and criminality activity is a thing of the past. That they are committed to a future which is exclusively peaceful and democratic.
Peter Hain
For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.
Gerry Adams
All Ira Quotes
I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me.
Ethel Merman 
61% of people like this quote
Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing.
Joni Mitchell 
57% of people like this quote
Everyone I have spoken with so far recognises the need for the IRA to respond positively and every has said sooner is better than later and I think there is some concern if it does continue to delay much longer that the situation isn't going to remain the same.
Mitchell Reiss 
56% of people like this quote
What's crucial is that the IRA produce a credible statement that paramilitary and criminality activity is a thing of the past. That they are committed to a future which is exclusively peaceful and democratic.
Peter Hain 
56% of people like this quote
For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.
Gerry Adams 
55% of people like this quote
But that citizen's perception was also at one with the truth in recognizing that the very brutality of the means by which the IRA were pursuing change was destructive of the trust upon which new possibilities would have to be based.
Seamus Heaney 
53% of people like this quote
My Irish passport makes me look like a chief of staff for the Provisional IRA.
Jack Higgins 
53% of people like this quote

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