Ian Paisley Quotes

My soul is still Irish.

You can call me whatever you want to call me, but I am an American. No one can take that away from me. No, no one can.

I don't know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate, but I have no such thing as national pride. I don't feel proud that I am Iranian. I happen to be who I am.

I don't feel any connection to Russia.

I still feel very Scottish.

I'm proud of my Irish heritage and culture.

I am equally proud of my Serbian origin and my Croatian fatherland.

All I know is that I'm proud to be Filipino.

The Irish seem to have more fire about them than the Scots.

I'm a proud Welshman.

I feel so Scottish when I go abroad, and I'm so proud of it, but for me, it's not a political statement - I just happen to be Scottish.

It took me many years to understand that my identity is more Israeli than Jewish.

I was born in America, but I consider myself a Filipino.

I'm a proud Greek. I carry my Hellenism like a badge of merit.

Sometimes when Australians go overseas, it's as though the 'Aussie' is refined out of them. I don't know why. It's never happened to me, because I'm really proud of it. I'm not embarrassed about where I'm from or who I am any more. I know who I am. I don't fit in everywhere, but I know where I do fit in.

It is a most disgraceful shame the way in which Irishmen are brought up. They are ashamed of their language, institutions, and of everything Irish.

I'm as Scottish as they come.

But now all of a sudden some idiots in Taiwan start to say that they are not Chinese. Their grand parents were Chinese. But for some reason, they feel they are not Chinese.

I'm Irish on St. Patrick's Day. I'm Italian on Columbus Day. I'm a New Yorker every day.

I'm Colombian and nothing will change that.

I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.

I know my own heart to be entirely English.

Yes, I am an Irish lass through and through.

I was born a proud daughter of Pakistan, though like all Swatis I thought of myself first as a Swati and Pashtun, before Pakistani.

I do consider myself as being French, I suppose.