[on Being Criticized For Her Serious Expression:]

Experience Shows That Great Enterprises Seldom End With A Tidy And Satisfactory Flourish. Together, We Are Doing Our Best To Re-establish Peace And Civil Order In The Gulf Region, And To Help Those Members Of Civil And Ethnic Minorities Who Continue To Suffer Through No Fault Of Their Own. If We Succeed, Our Military Success Will Have Achieved Its True Objective.

To All Those Who Have Suffered As A Consequence Of Our Troubled Past I Extend My Sincere Thoughts And Deep Sympathy. With The Benefit Of Historical Hindsight We Can All See Things Which We Would Wish Had Been Done Differently Or Not At All.

I Myself Prefer My New Zealand Eggs For Breakfast.

Madam President, Speaking Here In Dublin Castle It Is Impossible To Ignore The Weight Of History, As It Was Yesterday When You And I Laid Wreaths At The Garden Of Remembrance.

True Patriotism Doesn't Exclude An Understanding Of The Patriotism Of Others.