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both be president i think is really a little bit ofirish malarkey [ applause ] the history and hope and the heartbreak my ancestors must have felt leaving their beloved homeland to gain new life in america. i said all this not to wax poetic about bygone days, but because of the story of my family s journey and those who left and those who stayed is emblematic of the stories of so many irish and american families, not just irish-american families. and these stories are the very heart of what binds ireland and america together they speak to a history defined by our dreams. they speak to a present written by our shared responsibility, and they speak to a future poised for unlimited shared possibilities. so today i d like to reflect on the enduring strength of the connections between ireland and the united states, a partnership for the ages it begins in our shared history, dating back to the very founding of the united states the irish hearts that helped kindle the torch ....
President kennedy said 60 years ago and i quote, ireland choose an independent course in foreign policy, but it is not neutral between liberty and tyranny, and it never will be thank you for that [ applause ] over the past year, ireland has proved him right, and speaker said ireland has stood proudly with the united states and partners around the world for liberty against tyranny. ireland has committed more than 170 million euros in nonlethal aid to ukraine including vital protective gear, medical equipment, humanitarian support and aid to minimize the impacts of war on food insecurity and child malnutrition you don t forget, you have memories that go deep. as a member of the european ....
I would argue the rest of the world has an obligation to help you maintain that as well. because ireland remembers painful hollows of the great hunger and today a global leader in food security as well ireland s committed fully 20% of your aid budget to fighting global hunger and in a moment, where people around the world are struggling with the economic fallout of the pandemic, russia s war in ukraine, ireland is growing its aid budget and expanding its commitment to help vulnerable people, especially partner nations across africa. i particularly want to thank you for stepping up alongside the united states to help unicef and the world health organization fight malnutrition ire ireland s contribution of 50 million euros is helping prevent and treat wasting, child wasting and supply, ready to use therapeutic foods and reach a half a million children in africa a half a million children. ....
Let s harness what s best in us, our courage, our creativity, our loyalty, our tenacity and our loyalty again. let s once more for our generation and the generations to come strive to make hope and history rhyme because i ve never been more optimistic about the future today and i m at the end of my career, not the beginning. the only thing i bring to this career after my age, as you can see how old i am, is a little bit of wisdom. i come to the job with more experience than any president in american history it doesn t make me better or worse but it gives me few excuses. [ laughter ] [ applause ] folks, this is one of the great honors of my career to be here ....
With abandon without courage you cannot love with abandon these are the values that were handed down generation to generation in my family. the american character tended as they transformed an entire nation like so many countries around the world, though perhaps more than most the united states was shaped by ireland. that s not hyperbole that s a fact, and the values we share remain to this day the core of our historic partnership between our speepeople and our governments. as nations we ve known hardships and division we ve also found solace and sympathy in one another. in just four years before we issued our declaration of independence, benjamin franklin came to the irish parliament and declared and described it as, and i quote, disposed to be friends of america, end of quote. in turn the text of ireland 1960 ....