Quote #8

'To the people of Europe who are joining us today in the European Union I extend the hand of friendship...Today marks the triumph of your determination and perseverance over the legacy of history. For Europe, today marks the closure of one chapter and the opening of another new and exciting chapter in its long history.' (1 May 2004 - European Union enlargement)

More from Bertie Ahern

  1. 'We were always dead against the war.' (December 2003)
  2. 'What they were up to in those days were kept for the future. I'm not sure I know how legal it was...but anyway...ha ha ha.' (March 15, 200…
  3. 'We are not going to apologise for any small role we may have played in helping to remove a dictator who made his people suffer for 20 year…
  4. 'Throwing white elephants and red herrings at each other.' (a warning he used in the Dail once).
  5. 'I've looked up every tree in north Dublin.' (speaking of his investigations into Ray Burke's past)
  6. Time reported him as warning his country against 'upsetting the apple tart' of his country's economic success.[2]
  7. 'The reason it's on the rise is because probably the boom times are getting even more boomer.' (commenting on rising inflation in the Irish…
  8. 'I never condemn wrongdoing in any area.' (22 February 2006 in the Dail)

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