Eamon de Valera Quotes


By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.


Citations

De Valera, Éamon. "Election Address, Feb. 1932." Speeches and Statements by Eamon de Valera 1917-1973, edited by Maurice Moynihan, Gill and Macmillan, 1980, p. 186.

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Eamon de Valera
Eamon de Valera
  • Born: October 14, 1882
  • Died: August 29, 1975
  • Nationality: Irish
  • Profession: Statesman

Éamon de Valera was a prominent statesman and political leader in 20th-century Ireland, serving several terms as head of government and head of state, with a prominent role introducing the Constitution of Ireland.