I got quite bored, serving in the bar. Since I was there, the customers wouldn't talk about women, and with half their subject matter denied them, it was: horses, silence; horses, silence. (Bernadette Devlin)
It wasn't long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into Parliament. (Bernadette Devlin)
One American said that the most interesting thing about Holy Ireland was that its people hate each other in the name of Jesus Christ. And they do! (Bernadette Devlin)
To gain what is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. (Bernadette Devlin)
Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. (Bernadette Devlin)
Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win. (Bernadette Devlin)
My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done. (Bernadette Devlin)
I went to a very militantly Republican grammar school and, under its influence, began to revolt against the Establishment, on the simple rule of thumb, highly satisfying to a ten-year-old, that Irish equals good, English equals bad. (Bernadette Devlin)
Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence. (Bernadette Devlin)
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