Life springs from death; and from the graves of patriot men and women spring living nations.

You cannot conquer Ireland; you cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom. If our deed has not been sufficient to win freedom, then our children will win it by a better deed.

We seem to have lost. We have not lost. To refuse to fight would have been to lose; to fight is to win. We have kept faith with the past, and handed on a tradition to the future.

Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its manhood... there are many things more horrible than bloodshed, and slavery is one of them!

A country without a language is a country without a soul.

As long as Ireland is unfree the only honourable attitude for Irish men, women to have is an attitude of rebellion.

There are in every generation those who shrink from the ultimate sacrifice, but there are in every generation those who make it with joy and laughter and these are the salt of the generations.

Ireland unfree shall never be at peace

We are ready to die and shall die cheerfully and proudly, you must not grieve for all of this.

For all Wichtig spoke of trust, he trusted no one. For all he spoke of wisdom, he learned nothing. Every word he uttered was done so with an eye toward manipulation.

The enemy doesn't warn its target. Emergencies do not make appointments, and the greatest battles of life are often surprises.

It will pass, whatever it is.

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.

I didn't say I wasn't gonna do rockabilly. I just said I ain't gonna sing no song that ain't a country song. I won't be known as anything but a country singer.

Be yourself is all that you can do.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

There's almost always a point in a book where something happens that triggers the rest of the plot.

Let the ugly light of the world in, we are no longer blind.

Collective bargaining isn't a right, it is an expensive entitlement. Once and for all, we are giving the taxpayers a voice in this debate. We put the power back in the hands of the people.