33 Quotes by Michael D. Higgins

I have encountered on this long road an enthusiasm for an Irishness which will be built on recognising again those sources from which spring the best of our reason and curiosity.

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.

I think the important thing now is to have a celebration and then with determination move into our common, shared, different future.

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

You are not speaking for yourself, but for Ireland.

While the wider global environment is worrying, we are seeing some positive results in our economic affairs.

I want to say to all of you that when I take my oath of office I will do my absolute best to use all of my abilities for all of the people of Ireland.

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.

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.