Bernadette Devlin
Bernadette Devlin
Josephine Bernadette McAliskey, usually known as Bernadette Devlin or Bernadette McAliskey, is an Irish socialist and republican political activist. She served as a Member of the UK Parliament from 1969 to 1974 for the Mid Ulster constituency. She lost her seat to John Dunlop of the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party, after coming third in a four-sided contest in the general election of February 1974...
gain lose necessary worth
To gain that worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else
country technology europe
Should an anthropologist or a sociologist be looking for a bizarre society to study, I would suggest he come to Ulster. It is one of Europe's oddest countries. Here, in the middle of the twentieth century, with modern technology transforming everybody's lives, you find a medieval mentality that is being dragged painfully into the eighteenth century by some forward-looking people.
children justice parent
There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents-if the term is to be used at all.
love love-is free-love
Free love is too expensive.
mother equality church
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.
thinking imagine easy
I think my life will always be worth living, though I don't imagine it being very easy.
song singers ireland
The Irish aren't great singers, but they have great songs.