We, of our time, have played our part in the perseverance, and we have pledged ourselves to the dead generations who have preserved intact for us this glorious heritage, that we, too, will strive to be faithful to the end, and pass on this tradition unblemished.
-- Eamon de Valera
   
Eamon de Valera   Name:
Eamon de Valera
Type:
Statesman
Nationality:
Irish
Birth:
October 14, 1882
Death:
August 29, 1975
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