Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I’ve allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. – Bernadette Devlin
I got quite bored, serving in the bar. Since I was there, the customers wouldn’t talk about women, and with half their subject matter denied them, it was: horses, silence; horses, silence. – Bernadette Devlin
One American said that the most interesting thing about Holy Ireland was that its people hate each other in the name of Jesus Christ. And they do! – Bernadette Devlin
It wasn’t long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into Parliament. – Bernadette Devlin
Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism… to ward off threats to her own security and influence. – Bernadette Devlin
My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done. – Bernadette Devlin
