Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 2034 |
| AUTHOR: | John Boyle O’Reilly (1844–90) |
| QUOTATION: | The world is large, when its weary leagues two loving hearts divide;But the world is small, when your enemy is loose on the other side. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | These lines were quoted by Senator John F. Kennedy in a speech at the Al Smith Memorial Dinner in New York City, October 19, 1960, and, as president, to the Irish Parliament, Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963. |
| SUBJECTS: | World |