Includes quotes from Gerry Adams, John Major, Tony Blair, Martin McGuinness, Margaret Thatcher, Bill Clinton, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Bono, Sinead O'Connor, Fidel Castro, Pope John Paul II, John F. Kennedy, & Boris Yeltsin Arranged in chronological order, these thousands of quotations & phrases provide a unique insight into Ireland. The cast of characters ranges from politicians & religious figures to poets & people simply caught up in the turbulence of the times. Key phrases such as unionist & republican; constitutional, unconstitutional, & slightly constitutional; left & right; feminist & fundamentalist; & clerical & secular have been used by those who fought & campaigned to shape Ireland to their viewpoint. With comments & reflections on Ireland from British prime ministers, royal family members, foreign political & media figures, & international leaders, this constitutes an invaluable reference book, a historical archive, & an endless source of information & amusement.