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If the irish programme did not insist on the irish language i suppose i could call myself a nationalist. as it is, i am content torecognize myself an exile: and, prophetically, a repudiated one.
-James Joyce
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If The Irish Programme Did Not Insist

James Joyce
If the irish programme did not insist on the irish language i suppose i could call myself a nationalist. as it is, i am content torecognize myself an exile: and, prophetically, a repudiated one.
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