"Loyal and substansial Catholic service on the battlefield undermined one of the most longstanding objections to emancipation: namely, that since Catholics owed religious allegiance to a foreign authority in the person of the Pope, their political and patriotic allegiance must necessarily be suspect."

-- Linda Colley

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“Since fat crayons, I write and display chaos. My plan is damage.”
“I remember everything about itâ€”with an effort. I see it all, as divers see what is going on above them, through a medium, dense, rippling, but transparent.”

Source : Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (2008). “Carmilla: A Tragic Love Story”, p.38, Dusty White
“I've had very good meetings with Unionist leaders, Democratic Unionist Party, Ian Paisley and his team.”
“Time and pains will do anything.”
“No complaint... is more common than that of a scarcity of money.”
“I'd still like to see 'Survivor' minus the planned show-biz parts. That would be the purest form of show business - I want to see someone so hungry that they eat somebody else's foot.”
“Joseph shall return to Canaan, grieve not, Hovels shall turn to rose gardens, grieve not. If a flood should arrive, to drown all that's alive, Noah is your guide in the typhoon's eye, grieve not.”
“Men get it. I think us men need you women to help us survive.”

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