Liam Mellows famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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It is a fallacy to believe that a Republic of any kind can be won through the shackled Free State. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. The Free State is British created and serves British Imperialist interests. It is the buffer erected between British Capitalism and the Irish Republic.
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The republic stands for truth and honour. For all that is noblest in our race. By truth and honour, principle and sacrifice alone will Ireland be free.
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I believe that those who die for Ireland have no need for prayer
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A country scratching a lazy irritation at sagging doorjambs and late trains, whose greatest attribute is a collective, smelly tolerance, where a chap will put up with almost everything, which means he won't care about anything enough to get out of a chair.A country of public insouciance and private, grubby guilt, where you can believe anything as long as you don't believe it too fervently. A country where the highest aspiration is for a quiet life.
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I still secretly believe that afternoons are the time for the test card and you shouldn't watch television when the sun is out.
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You can have whatever you want if you believe in yourself and keep your feet firmly planted in the ground.
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Psychoanalysts believe that the only "normal" people are those who cause not trouble to either themselves or anyone else.
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I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.
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In an emergency, what treatment is given by ear? Words of Comfort.
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Tell us please, what treatment in an emergency is administered by ear?"....I met his gaze and I did not blink. "Words of comfort," I said to my father.
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Music isn`t for the eyes, it`s for the ears
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I'm kind of a pop balladeer because I love the art of storytelling. I call myself 'HBO for the ears'; I sing little movies.
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I may die, but the Republic of 1916 will never die. Onward to the Republic and liberation of our people.
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