Enda Kenny Quotes

The citizens of Israel come first.

We must look after our own before lining the pockets of overseas countries and investors.

For the good of the American people, we must place our own interests first.

Self-interest is not only a legitimate but a fundamental cause for national policy—one which needs no cloak of hypocrisy.

…our friend who was for protecting every other nation except his own.

Let's treat this country first and foremost.

South Africa must come first in everything we do.

Defending one’s state against external aggression is indeed the ultimate test of citizenship.

I’ll lie as much as the next guy when my country’s interests are involved—if I have a chance of being believed..

The English people would never consent to go to war for a cause in which England was not manifestly interested.

I wish to be no less than national in all the positions I may take.

There can be no such thing as offending national honor. One may offend national pride or injure national interest.

No one should abandon his county's interest upon entering the portals of the United Nations.

It must always be America first—America First!

In perilous times, country comes before party.

The politician, who measures the interests of his country by her preponderance in the scale of empire, regards all consideration of individual happiness as a weakness.

My defense of the province [Quebec] would have succeeded had not this wretched people[the French Canadians] been blind to honor, duty, and their own interest.

I am against nationalists, but I am very much in favour of patriots.

My belief is that the nation-state remains the one entity that can function, the one entity that can demand sacrifice from its constituents in the national interest.

I believe we should always put our country first.

My vision is to put this country and the British people first and for us to divorce ourselves from political union and re-engage with the rest of the world.

One should do what is good for the country.

I care about national sovereignty of America.

A country without borders is not a country.

Let me tell you, we're still the best country on earth and we're going to take care of our people and we're going to protect this country and the people here.