Jack Lynch Quotes & Sayings

We have, therefore, directed the Irish Army authorities to have field hospitals established in County Donegal adjacent to Derry and at other points along the Border where they may be necessary. — Jack Lynch

People of very different opinions
friends who can discuss politics, religion, and sex with perfect civility
are often reduced to red-faced rage when the topic of conversation is the serial comma or an expression like more unique. People who merely roll their eyes at hate crimes feel compelled to write jeremiads on declining standards when a newspaper uses the wrong form of its. Challenge my most cherished beliefs about the place of humankind in God's creation, and while I may not agree with you, I'll fight to the death for your right to say it. But dangle a participle in my presence, and I'll consider you a subliterate cretin no longer worth listening to, a menace to decent society who should be removed from the gene pool before you do any more damage. — Jack Lynch

There's no such thing as an unabridged dictionary. — Jack Lynch

Arguments over grammar and style are often as fierce as those over IBM versus Mac, and as fruitless as Coke versus Pepsi and boxers versus briefs. — Jack Lynch

A fan is someone who, if you have made an idiot of yourself on the pitch, doesn't think you've done a permanent job. — Jack Lynch

The Irish Government can no longer stand by and see innocent people injured and perhaps worse. — Jack Lynch

It is obvious that the RUC is no longer accepted as an impartial police force. — Jack Lynch

To this day, good English usually means the English wealthy and powerful people spoke a generation or two ago. — Jack Lynch