Source: How the Irish Saved Civilization (1995), Ch. VI What Was Found
Context: The Irish... developed a form of confession that was exclusively private and that had no equivalent on the continent. In the ancient church, confession of one's sins—and the subsequent penance... had always been public.... one did not necessarily choose one's "priest" from among ordained professionals: the act of confession was too personal and too important for such a limitation. One looked for an anmchara, a soul-friend, someone to be trusted over a whole lifetime.
“They were shunned, and they had reacted to exclusion by exclusiveness.”
Source: The Status Civilization (1960), Chapter 12 (p. 56)
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“Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.”
Quoted in Christian Science Monitor (21 May 1964)