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. Michael D. Higgins Read Quote
I think the important thing now is to have a celebration and then with determination move into our common, shared, different future. Michael D. Higgins Read Quote
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. Michael D. Higgins Read Quote
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. Michael D. Higgins Read Quote
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. Michael D. Higgins Read Quote
The presidency is an independent office and the Irish people whom I appreciate so much and I take with such responsibility have given a very clear mandate on a very clear set of ideas to me, as the ninth president. Michael D. Higgins Read Quote
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. Michael D. Higgins Read Quote
We need to discuss the basis of a new form of trust built on a meaningful form of citizenship appropriate for a republic. Michael D. Higgins Read Quote
Making an Irishness to be proud of in a real Republic. It is the vision of a real Republic where life and language, where ideals and experience have the ring of authenticity which we need now as we go forward. Michael D. Higgins Read Quote
