Bertie Ahern quotes
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“Sitting on the sidelines, cribbing and moaning is a lost opportunity. I don’t know how people who engage in that don’t commit suicide.”
-- Bertie AhernSource : "NAMA makes £150m on London deal" by Lisa O'Carroll, www.theguardian.com. March 9, 2011.
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“Mr Brown is a politician of exceptional experience and ability, and I am sure he will discharge the office of Prime Minister with distinction”
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“The public are entitled to have an absolute guarantee of the financial probity and integrity of their elected representatives, their officials and above all of Ministers. They need to know that they are under financial obligations to nobody.”
-- Bertie AhernSource : "Turning the Tables on McDowell". www.irishtimes.com. September 28, 2006.
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“It is quite unacceptable that a member of Dáil Éireann and in particular a Cabinet Minister and Taoiseach, should be supported in his personal lifestyle by gifts made to him personally.”
-- Bertie AhernSource : "I've broken absolutely no codes, ethical, tax, legal or otherwise". Brian Dobson's RTÉ interview, www.irishtimes.com. September 27, 2006.
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“Some people dye their hair yellow or put rings in their noses”
-- Bertie AhernSource : "Highlights of Bertie Ahern’s Evidence to Mahon Tribunal". www.independent.ie. March 22, 2012.
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“I never condemn wrongdoing in any area.”
-- Bertie AhernSource : "Bertiespeak: Blasts From the Past". www.independent.ie. July 05, 2007.
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“I've seen it over the years, the more intellectual they are, the more work they don't want to do. You have to do both, you have to be able to put in the graft.”
-- Bertie Ahern
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