“By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.”
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Unemployment is due to the large import of goods from Britain and other countries. The Government haven't used the powers which they have for the benefit of the country.
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Since this war began our sympathy has gone out to all the suffering people who have been dragged into it. Further hundreds of millions have become involved since I spoke at Limerick fortnight ago.
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We are fully aware that, in a world at war, each set of belligerents is over ready to regard those who are not with them as against them; but the course we have followed is a just course.
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By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.
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It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards.
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