Leo Varadkar Quotes
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My difficulty with the whole right-left construct is that I don't think it describes modern politics or the modern choices that people face in the world.
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I keep my private life to myself, and that's going to continue.
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I find it scary when people talk about me as a future leader. It's like putting a big target on your back.
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An agreement is an agreement, and when you make it, you should stick to it.
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I would love to believe that my political judgment is impeccable, but it's not.
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We have an educated and cynical electorate.
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I've never had a choice of which government department I would hold. I've always been assigned a department by the Taoiseach.
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Fine Gael is the party of opportunity, and no matter what background you come from, we give people a chance, and it gave me a chance.
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When a hospital is very crowded, there will be a real push to make sure people get their X-rays, get their tests and, you know, 'Let's get them out in four days'.
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I pledge as Taoiseach to use my office, for as long as I hold it, to advance the cause of LGBT rights, to press for marriage equality across Ireland, to speak up for LGBT rights around the world where they are under attack, and to push for the implementation of the sexual health strategy here at home at a time when it is more important than ever.
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My opinion has always been that when it comes to deciding where specialist centres should be located, whether they are regional or national specialities, it should be done on clinical grounds.
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I suppose I've always put the career, the job and politics, all of that first.
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If you want to change things, politics is the best way to do that.
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Unless people who voted for unionist parties are suddenly going to vote for a united Ireland, which I don't believe will happen, a border poll will be defeated.
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People travel overseas to do things overseas that aren't legal in Ireland all the time. You know, are we going to stop people going to Las Vegas? Are we going to stop people going to Amsterdam? There are things that are illegal in Ireland, and we don't prevent people from travelling overseas to avail of them.
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I think there should be a law that would allow the Oireachtas to take pensions away from people. That would go for corrupt politicians; it would go for public servants who failed miserably or were incompetent.
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My job as Taoiseach, and the job of any government, of course, is to represent all people.
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We should advocate that the North should stay in the customs union and the single market and that any customs checks should be in the ports and airports, not on land borders.
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We always need to bear in mind that when it comes to blood transfusion, it's the person that's receiving the blood who takes the risk, not the person donating it.
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What I do now is I train in the mornings, and people ask me why I do it. I do it for two reasons: first of all, to keep in shape, but secondly, I think training, sport, and physical activity is really good for mental health.
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I know when my father travelled 5,000 miles to make his home in Ireland, I doubt he ever dreamed that his son would one day grow up to be its leader.
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Whatever happens with Brexit, what I am absolutely convinced will not happen is that free movement of individuals, free movement of people, will not change, North and South without passports.
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I miss being able to have a drink in my local pub, which I can't do anymore, or being able to go to the shops without every second person staring at me and looking at my basket to see what I'm buying.
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Around the world, people look to Ireland as a country where it doesn't matter where you come from but where you want to go.