September 29, 2012: To commemorate the centenary of the signing of the Ulster Covenant, about 30,000 members of the Unionist community--including bands from the Orange Order--staged a March from Belfast City Hall to Stormont Castle. A massive police escort ensured the march past Catholic churches, scenes of dispute in the past, took place without incident. The Ulster Covenant (and Declaration) was signed in 1912 by about 471,400 people in protest against a Home Rule Parliament in Dublin. The Covenant (signed by men) and the Declaration (signed by women) are reproduced on the next page.

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• Thousands attend Ulster Covenant parade by Lyndsey Telford, Belfast Telegraph, September 29, 2012

At question is the expression below.  Can you guess who is credited with saying the following?

The Irish are a mixture of western and Nordic components.  Characteristics are a lively temperament, good nature, cheerfulness, a talent for music and dancing, education, and social entertainment.  The Irishman supports a community based on equality for all but has an extraordinary personal need for independence, which easily leads to indiscipline and belligerence and makes large political organizations difficult.  Unreliability and instability are also imputed to him.  A profound piety characterizes these people, who have defended their Catholic beliefs with fanaticism, and the authority of the priest—sprung from the ordinary people—is enormous.

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November 11, 2018: After over four years of bloody, internecine conflict, World War I, The Great War also known as The War to End All Wars, ended on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of eleventh month. 

November 11, 2014: After over four years of bloody, internecine conflict, World War I, the Great War, ended on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of eleventh month.