Coughlan should live up to words she admires

“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centres of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance” — Robert F Kennedy

On the website of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Tánaiste Mary Coughlan claims this is one of her favourite quotes because it is “about making change, making a difference and bettering society”.

Robert Kennedy is a great inspiration of mine as well. He stood firmly against structural oppression and injustice, particularly that which was committed against minority groups and immigrant workers in the United States.