Michael D. Higgins Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I am delighted to be back home in Galway, the place I first came to as a 19-year-old in 1960. It's here where my heart is and will forever be.”

“The reconnection of society, economy and ethics is a project we cannot postpone.”

“Now it is time to turn to an older wisdom that, while respecting material comfort and security as a basic right of all, also recognises that many of the most valuable things in life cannot be measured.”

“I'm happy with the vote and the support. I'm very glad that it is so decisive. It will enable me to be a president for all of the people.”

“The connection has been lost between the country's direction, especially with regard to the way in which the economy has been run, and the citizen.”

“I love our shared island, our shared Ireland and its core decency. I love it for its imagination and its celebration of the endless possibilities for our people.”

“The mandate I have received and for which I will speak with heart and head to implement over the next seven years had its four pillars - an inclusive citizenship, equality and participation and respect in a creative society creating an excellence in everything we Irish do.”

“The necessary transformation of which I speak and of which my presidency will be a part is built on turning creative possibilities into live realities for all our people.”

“Ireland has made its choice for the future and it has chosen the version of Irishness it will build. I know, and I will work with head and heart to be part of it with all of you in creating that future one in which all of us can be part of and part of us too.”

“I will be a President for all the people, whether they voted for me or not, whether they are young or old and particularly for the Irish abroad. I'm looking forward to it and I think it will be exciting and wonderful.”