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Article: Remarks at a Saint Patrick's Day Ceremony With Prime Minister Bertie Ahern of Ireland.(Brief Article)
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- March 27, 2000
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March 17, 2000
Thank you very much. Thank you, Taoiseach, for your words and your leadership, for the shamrocks, and the beautiful Irish crystal. Upstairs in our Residence, there is so much Irish crystal now that sometimes I have guests from other countries that ask me if I've ever been anywhere but Ireland. [Laughter] But I will treasure this always.
I don't suppose the saints in Heaven spend time boasting about their earthly achievements, but if they do, I imagine the other saints can bear no more bragging from Saint Patrick, for no nation has ever lived up more fully to the virtues of its patron saint than has Ireland.
Saint Patrick has been ...