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...
done life-is politician
My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done.
catholic rosary beads
Irish Catholics are more interested in the rosary beads than in the rosary ...
hippie sacrifice sacrificing-everything
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else
unjust born grows
We were born into an unjust system; we are not prepared to grow old in it.
religion bitterness christianity
... in Northern Ireland, if you don't have basic Christianity, rather than merely religion, all you get out of the experience of living is bitterness.
courage time struggle
Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.
gain lose necessary worth
To gain that worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else