Here, in Cork district, you have in combination all the dangers which war can inflict.

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• Eamon de Valera:

  If war comes upon us, it will come as a thief in the night.

• Eamon de Valera:

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• Eamon de Valera:

  From the moment this war began, there was, for this state, only one policy possible, neutrality.

• Eamon de Valera:

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• Eamon de Valera:

  We are fully aware that, in a world at war, each set of belligerents is over ready to regard those

• Eamon de Valera:

  God has been pleased to save us during the years of war that have already passed. We pray that He m

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  It is the duty of our men to enroll themselves in the national services. We need all our manpower f

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  The economic and social problems would tend to become, like the military situation, more and more d

• Eamon de Valera:

  We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.

• Eamon de Valera:

  When we have done our best, we can, as a united people, take whatever may befall with calm courage