If there is to be any hope of prosperity for this country it is by re… — Eamon de Valera

If there is to be any hope of prosperity for this country it is by reversing that policy which made us simply the kitchen garden for supplying the British with cheap food.

Eamon de ValeraStatesman · Irish · 1882 – 1975

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