I have a good social life.

Prejudice has no hold in this Republic.

We have an educated and cynical electorate.

I'd never be overly confident about anything.

The gutter is Bertie Ahern's natural habitat.

I do think corporations should pay their tax.

I have always stuck my neck out on policy issues.

The Government needs to be honest and straight with people.

One of the big problems in Dail Eireann is the lack of women.

We can't have a government that will collapse in three months.

I keep my private life to myself, and that's going to continue.

I decided early on to be honest and trust people with the truth.

If you want to change things, politics is the best way to do that.

It's up to American citizens to decide who they elect as president.

Enda Kenny has the full support of the Fine Gael parliamentary party.

There should be no economic border at all between the North and South.

An agreement is an agreement, and when you make it, you should stick to it.

In any walk of life, it's very easy to judge people's actions in retrospect.

Politicians should trust people with the truth. Very often, we don't do that.

I don't see myself in politics at 51. I definitely want to do something else.

We will, of course, work with whoever Americans decide to elect as president.

I suppose I've always put the career, the job and politics, all of that first.

We need to stand over our policies when negotiating a programme for government.

I would love to believe that my political judgment is impeccable, but it's not.

Part of my mission, if I have that opportunity as leader, is to take Sinn Fein on.

What I am interested in are the philosophies of the future. That's what drives me.

We really need to come behind and press for marriage equality in Northern Ireland.

I'll demand of myself and my own government what, in the past, I insisted of others.

I have enormous respect for people who come from a strong family background in Fine Gael.

I always think that friends and family are off-bounds. I went into politics; they didn't.

My job as Taoiseach, and the job of any government, of course, is to represent all people.

I think Sinn Fein remains the greatest threat to our democracy and our prosperity as a state.

Obviously, nobody likes to read or hear about anyone having a bad experience in our hospitals.

I was appointed to Cabinet three times; on no occasion did I pitch for what position I wanted.

We would only need a bespoke solution for Northern Ireland if Britain leaves the Single Market.

What I see around the world are movements around people like Macron in France and Trudeau in Canada.

My instinct is to say it as I see it, being a little bit edgy and showing leadership on policy issues.

I won't be allowing my own background or my own sexual orientation to dictate the decisions that I make.

There are far too many people who get up early in the morning, and work hard, who cannot make ends meet.

I find it scary when people talk about me as a future leader. It's like putting a big target on your back.

Often, the people who speak loudest about republican values are the least when it comes to honouring them.

I have expressed a very strong view that no health minister on their own can turn the health service around.

What are these better deals the U.K. really wants from Europe and other countries? Some more clarity would be helpful.

Around the world, people look to Ireland as a country where it doesn't matter where you come from but where you want to go.

I see us very much at the heart of Europe. We are founding members of the single market; we are founding members of the euro.

I've never had a choice of which government department I would hold. I've always been assigned a department by the Taoiseach.

Fine Gael needs to be Fine Gael and needs to stand its ground. It should not sacrifice its politics for position in government.

I've realised that doctors can only help change a certain number of patients, but a Minister of Health can really change things.

I am not so naive to think that I can make every problem in the health service go away. No minister can. And never will be able to.

It was easy for some to jump on the Brexit result and use it to make a land-grab for Northern Ireland, and it was counterproductive.

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