Enda Kenny

"Some nigger who died dans la guerre."

"The fact is that I used the word, and no context can excuse it. I failed to exemplify my own standards and those of my party. I apologise for any offence this may have caused, particularly to the Lumumba family."

"The incoming government is not going to leave our people in the dark. likes to know what the story is."

"You could do with a day's work, I'd say."

"Generally when people speak to each other they use words."

"So I say to those people. And God knows we have some All-Ireland champions here in Castlebar. I don't mean Castlebar Mitchels, I mean the whingers that I hear every week."

"If there's anyone out there who still doubts that Ireland is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our ancestors is alive in our time, who still questions our capacity to restore ourselves, reinvent ourselves and prosper, today is your answer."

"Bejaysus, I wish I didn't have to go back and face what I have to face."

"Is [assassination] only justified if the target is a reactionary, anti-democratic, anti-human rights obscurantist like bin Laden?"

"Whether it's in relation to the sort of music that is played there or not, in any event, it's tragic for the families involved here."

"The outstanding organiser who brought Lenin himself to Ireland to see how the National Loan worked."

"The greatest nation and most powerful nation on Earth."

"The dull man of Irish politics."

"I thought he was honest. He looked like someone who wasn't going to tell a lie."