Boyle Roche Quotes & Sayings

#1. Ireland and England are like two sisters; I would have them embrace like one brother.

#2. All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand.

#3. The best way to avoid danger is to meet it plump.

#4. There is no Levitical decree between nations, and on this occasion I can see neither sin nor shame in marrying our own sister.

#5. Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us?

#6. A man could not be in two places at the same time unless he were a bird.

#7. Every pint bottle should contain a quart.

#8. We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech.

#9. How can I be in two places at once, unless I were a bird?

#10. Single misfortunes never come alone, and the greatest of all national calamities is generally followed by one greater.

#11. P.S. If you do not receive this, of course it must have been miscarried; therefore I beg you to write and let me know.

#12. Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue.

#13. The only thing to prevent what's past is to put a stop to it before it happens.

#14. At present there are such goings-on that everything is at a standstill.

#15. While I write this letter, I have a pistol in one hand and a sword in the other.

#16. A quart bottle should hold a quart.

#17. I answer in the affirmative with an emphatic 'No.'

#18. The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full.

#19. Mr Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I will nip him in the bud.

Boyle Roche Quotes