Sadly, since last year's first memorial service, 14 police officers in Great Britain and Northern Ireland have lost their lives serving the public good,
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Related Since the Protestant majority in Northern Ireland wants to remain a part of Great Britain, and since... JAMES SUROWIECKI When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. Th... MARY FRANCES BERRY What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II They were deported last night with a police escort after serving 12 years in a federal penitentiary. ANNA PAPE Eternal is the fact that the human creature born in Ireland and
brought up in its air is Irish. I ... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Journalism took me around the world. I worked in London for ten years and reported on the collapse o... MICHAEL ROBOTHAM Unfortunately the police acted wildly. This is another truth how the police have lost their sense of... AZIZAH ISMAIL A foreign government has more say over Northern Ireland than the people of Northern Ireland. IAN PAISLEY Understand, our police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day. They've got... BARACK OBAMA The last thing the people of Northern Ireland need now is an outbreak of recriminations, MO MOWLAM In my public service, I treasure my friendship with law enforcement officers. I admire what they do ... DIRK KEMPTHORNE I have quite a few good friends in Philadelphia who were police officers. BOBBY SEALE I think if our police officers put their energies in the borough solely, and we have one officer per... CHARLES ECKSTINE I think their (police officers) chances of surviving a potential shoot-out are greatly increased wit... BENNY MORRIS The overwhelming number of police officers in Chicago are doing good work under difficult conditions... RAHM EMANUEL We have the best police officers and firefighters in the world, and the mayor has no problem with th... ED SKYLER Clearly, our police officers deserve a solid death penalty law because they place their lives at ris... SEN. MARTIN GOLDEN Many people have lost years of their lives especially in the area of fulfilling their divine purpose SUNDAY ADELAJA Corrupt and incompetent police officers have a long history of being protected by their colleagues, ... STEVEN MAGEE On the evidence I have seen and heard, I believe that the security situation in Northern Ireland and... LORD CARLILE [Even the notoriously hard-to-impress Americans were in awe of Fisher during the recent Walker Cup i... MICHAEL PUTNAM I can't be more happy with the team. We've made great strides since last fall since we lost a lot of... JUWAN SIMPSON The people of Northern Ireland have sorted out my whole life. GEORGE BEST Police officers not wearing their seat belts certainly sends the wrong message to members of the pub... MARK LEONARD We have made an important step in the transition from conflict to peace in Northern Ireland. TONY BLAIR public-spirited dialogue with listeners on how best to beat up and otherwise neutralize police offic... LOUIS POST The first day we were there, there were just a lot of cops everywhere. We noticed them on every sing... JOSHUA KNAPP We first diagnosed a puppy on Jan. 24 and then again on Feb. 8. The third and hopefully last case wa... LAURA DANIS In the context of September 11, there were so many that lost their lives that - how do you single ou... ROBERT MUELLER In my opinion, given the circumstances in which police officers are dealing with the public . . . it... IAN MACKENZIE Berry has been a persistent advocate for equal rights for over thirty years. In her public service, ... MARY FRANCES BERRY It was a great game. It was a great semifinal game in a great environment. We came up short, but it ... BILL BEARD I feel hopeful and confident that the ultimate prize -- stable, inclusive government in Northern Ire... PETER MANDELSON I feel as if my heart and mind stopped on Jan. 30 in room 1917 of Memorial Hospital. ANDRE BISHOP A day like today is not a day for soundbites, really. But I feel the hand of history upon our should... TONY BLAIR Yet here we are for all the difficulties in Northern Ireland able to point back to real improvements... TONY BLAIR This year, 2006, is a very decisive year for Northern Ireland. TONY BLAIR It is important to remember that this was not across the province. It was isolated. Most of Northern... HUGH ORDE We have never come this far before. We've never been this close to a lasting settlement in Northern ... TONY BLAIR It is also perhaps fitting that here in Northern Ireland a good part of our discussions focused on t... TONY BLAIR It's got to be absolutely clear that people who are going to serve in the government of Northern Ire... TONY BLAIR People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the... RICHARD STEELE All parts of the society need to feel that the police service is their police service, and that does... CHRIS PATTEN Formerly, police would stay outside the school and wait for other officers to arrive. Now, the first... STEVE BOLMAN a step of unparalleled magnitude in the recent history of Northern Ireland. TONY BLAIR John Irwin became one of the greatest peace workers in Northern Ireland. BETTY WILLIAMS We'll be launching the new public prosecution service in Northern Ireland tomorrow. I'll be ... PETER HAIN Anyone born and bred in Northern Ireland can't be too optimistic. SEAMUS HEANEY It marks an historic day for Northern Ireland and is very encouraging for all those who support the ... SCOTT MCCLELLAN We lost 11 of our last 14 games. We started out great. But when you have only one pitcher and she's ... DANA WAGNER If he had played in Northern Ireland (when England lost 1-0), he would have been a breath of fresh a... IAIN DOWIE In the era of angry and aggressive policing, it is an honorable service to your fellow citizens to v... STEVEN MAGEE We are also holding anti-doping seminars for players, team doctors and coaches during events - for e... MARC VOUILLAMOZ The decision ... was in the interests of public safety for the whole of Northern Ireland and I suppo... MO MOWLAM With respect to the northeastern boundary of the United States, no official correspondence between t... MARTIN VAN BUREN This is great. All the years before, we had good teams but just couldn't get over the hump. The last... BILL BULLOCK I say to you in all frankness, this is the only way forward for Northern Ireland, ... I ask all of y... TONY BLAIR We really need to come behind and press for marriage equality in Northern Ireland. LEO VARADKAR Since I was 15 years old I have dedicated my life to serving women. ZAINAB SALBI In general, we as police officers - at least the good police officers - like to look at each situati... STEVEN SEAGAL World War One is an important part of Ireland's multi-layered history during which tens of thous... MARTIN MCGUINNESS Destroying this file would not only make crime-solving in Pennsylvania more difficult, but would als... JACK LEWIS We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've done this as rec... COLIN POWELL My heart goes out to these police officers. They're fighting public apathy, racial division and a dy... PETER SCHARF When you realize that incompetent police officers are harassing you, you need to call 911 and demand... STEVEN MAGEE eight good years for Ireland. GERRY ADAMS Memorial Day isn't just about honoring veterans, its honoring those who lost their lives. Vetera... PETE HEGSETH He's worked since he was 14 years old and he's 52. JANET GAMET Imagine feeling like every kiss goodbye to your loved ones each day might be your last kiss. Police ... KAREN SALMANSOHN The web of influence which News Corporation spun in Britain, which effectively bent politicians, pol... THOMAS WATSON, JR. Corrupt and incompetent cops are making the world a dangerous place for good and honest police offic... STEVEN MAGEE Effective policing relies on the police having the confidence of the communities they serve, and thi... HAZEL BLEARS As America celebrates Memorial Day, we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation... JOHN M. MCHUGH At least twenty people have been killed in these electricity protests since January. There must be a... ABBAS FAIZ Police officers are among the most corrupt people that I have encountered in life. STEVEN MAGEE In addition to fines, violators of decency standards could be required to air public service announc... CHARLES W. PICKERING All the proceeds go to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. JIM PIERCE I have been going from one racetrack to another for years, since I was 14. CASEY STONER It's not an easy loss to take. We haven't lost since Jan. 13, so we are not used to losing. AMY HUNSAKER I liken it to police officers pulling over people and asking for their tax returns. MICHELE WASLIN I've been dancing since I was 14-years-old. ARTHUR MEYERS We finished second last year (at the Big West tournament), and we've made it to the finals five year... GUIDO BAUMANN Britain has lost one of its greatest comic artists, but he lives on in an incomparable body of work. BEN ELTON Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role. DEAN ACHESON I told our kids that we didn't lose the game on Kerry's last shot. We lost the game in the first 20 ... KIP DROWN We must move forward with our first priority, the creation of an inspiring memorial to pay tribute t... GEORGE PATAKI This isn't just an award to David Trimble and myself. It's an award to all the people of Northern Ir... JOHN HUME I've spent a lot of time with Steve, from Northern Ireland, to Sarajevo, to Utah, but probably most ... AIDAN QUINN For Wales and Northern Ireland, it's a dream to beat England and we have to deal with that. It's lik... SVEN GORAN ERIKSSON I've spent a lot of time with Steve, from Northern Ireland, to Sarajevo, to Utah, but probably most ... AIDAN QUINN She transformed the politics not just of Northern Ireland itself, but crucially of relations between... TONY BLAIR I hope we can actually bring about fairly soon a situation in Northern Ireland where everybody, even... DAVID TRIMBLE Look at Northern Ireland and how long that is taking. Look at Sinai and Lebanon, and you see how dif... KLAUS REINHARDT Barney was interested in bringing professional boxing back to Northern Ireland in a big way. BARRY MCGUIGAN We had a very good first game. We had perfect serving. We lost our momentum in game three, and in ga... CINDY MURPHY This is part of what we do as a part of military medicine, ... You have given much of yourself and t... ADAM ROBINSON It's 14 years since I left the club and that first-half performance was the worst I've seen since. I... ALAN HANSEN Was it proof of madness in the first corps of sea officers to have, at so critical a period, launche... JOHN PAUL JONES One of his officers, Henry Lee, summed up contemporary public opinion of Washington: First in war, f... GEORGE WASHINGTON When I first ran for public office, it was with the passion and idealism of a young man who believed... JAMES MCGREEVEY
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