In Remembering The Appalling Suffering Of War

To All Those Who Have Suffered As A Consequence Of Our Troubled Past I Extend My Sincere Thoughts And Deep Sympathy. With The Benefit Of Historical Hindsight We Can All See Things Which We Would Wish Had Been Done Differently Or Not At All.

There Are Long Periods When Life Seems A Small, Dull Round, A Petty Business With No Point, And Then Suddenly We Are Caught Up In Some Great Event Which Gives Us A Glimpse Of The Solid And Durable Foundations Of Our Existence.

Work Is The Rent You Pay For The Room You Occupy On Earth.

What Were Once Only Hopes For The Future Have Now Come To Pass; It Is Almost Exactly 13 Years Since The Overwhelming Majority Of People In Ireland And Northern Ireland Voted In Favour Of The Agreement Signed On Good Friday 1998, Paving The Way For Northern Ireland To Become The Exciting And Inspirational Place That It Is Today.

When Life Seems Hard, The Courageous Do Not Lie Down And Accept Defeat; Instead, They Are All The More Determined To Struggle For A Better Future.