To those Little Irelanders who regard sovereignty as something to be stored away like a national treasure in a museum and to those, thankfully in a tiny minority, who think it resides in illegal arms dumps, I say that I am proud to be a constitutionalist who has seen those of our tradition, under proper and democratic authority, use their sovereignty intelligently with others to ensure that we are now the first generation since independence with every prospect of being educated and working and living in our own country. Half our generation is no longer being lost to foreign shores because of a proven lack of opportunity here. Now, from this strong position, with our proven ability to compete among the best the world can offer, are we to recoil from possibilities, shirk our responsibilities and allow ourselves to be mistakenly portrayed because of hesitation or doubt?