Conor Cruise O'Brien Quotes

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Nothing does more to activate Christian divisions than talk about Christian unity.

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The United Nations cannot do anything, and never could; it is not an animate entity or agent. It is a place, a stage, a forum and a shrine... a place to which powerful people can repair when they are fearful about the course on which their own rhetoric seems to be propelling them.

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There are always people around in whom anti-Semitism is a light sleeper.

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If I saw Mr Haughey buried at midnight at a crossroads, with a stake driven through his heart—politically speaking—I should continue to wear a clove of garlic round my neck, just in case.

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British diplomats, constantly exposed to American political-ethical rhetoric, find their professional skills tested to the limits by the need to keep a straight face. For illustrations of what I mean, study the photographs of the expressions worn by Mr Douglas Hurd at any international conference involving all the Western allies.

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You are not an agnostic…You are just a fat slob who is too lazy to go to Mass.

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Irishness is not primarily a question of birth or blood or language; it is the condition of being involved in the Irish situation, and usually of being mauled by it.

Conor Cruise O'Brien

Conor Cruise O'Brien

Conor Cruise O'Brien

Born: November 3, 1917

Died: December 18, 2008 (aged 91)

Bio: Conor Cruise O'Brien often nicknamed "The Cruiser" was an Irish politician, writer, historian and academic.

Known for:

The Siege (1986)
The Great Melody (1992)
States of Ireland (1972)
To Katanga and Back: A UN Case History (1962)
Writers and Politics (1965)

Conor Cruise O'Brien on Wikipedia

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