"Judged by the law of England, I know this crime entails upon me the penalty of death; but the history of Ireland explains that crime and justifies it."

--

Source : Thomas Francis Meagher (1885). “Speeches on the Legislative Independence of Ireland”

Thomas Francis Meagher

#Law Quotes #England Quotes #Crime Quotes

“Endurance is frequently a form of indecision.”
“I have a car. I have a steady job. I have a business, and I have to make serious decisions.”
“Any defense of common sense must allow that it is revisable.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“When I came into office, people said, 'Billionaire? How do they live? What do they eat? How do they sleep?' Today, they see me on the subway coming uptown. A couple of people say hi, some people smile and nod. Some people just sleep. It's not an issue.”
“In any matter of moral importance, our first task, before we plunge ahead and decide what to do, is to figure out what we ought to do.”
“Though dreams can be deceiving; like faces are to hearts, they serve for sweet relieving, when fantasy and reality lie too far apart.”
“We would consider it cruel to confine a dog permanently in a kennel. Yet we visit zoos where hundreds of wild animals are kept permanently in the equivalent of a kennel.”

Source : Virginia McKenna, Will Travers, Jonathan Wray (1987). “Beyond the bars: the zoo dilemma”, Sterling Pub Co Inc
“A true business opportunity is the on that an entrepreneur invents to grow him or herself. Not to work in, but to work on.”

Source : Michael E. Gerber (2009). “Awakening the Entrepreneur Within: How Ordinary People Can Create Extraordinary Companies”, p.26, Harper Collins

You may also like:

Eamon de Valera
Former President of Ireland
Patrick Cleburne
Patrick Kelly
fashion designer
Robert Peel
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Thomas Davis
Writer
Timothy Egan
Author
Wolfe Tone
Political figure
Daniel O'Connell
Political leader
Thomas D'Arcy McGee
Canadian Politician