Daniel O'Connell Quotes

#1. No person knows better than you do that the domination of England is the sole and blighting curse of this country. It is the incubus that sits on our energies, stops the pulsation of the nation's heart and leaves to Ireland not gay vitality but horrid the convulsions of a troubled dream.

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#2. Whoever commits a crime strengthens his enemy.

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#3. Gentlemen, you may soon have the alternative to live as slaves or die as free men

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#4. How cruel the Penal Laws are which exclude me from a fair trial with men whom I look upon as so much my inferiors ...

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#5. There is nothing politically right that is morally wrong.

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#6. I will go on quietly and slowly, but I will go on firmly, and with a certainty of success.

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#7. Every religion is good - every religion is true to him who in his good caution and conscience believes it.

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#8. Although the Irish language is connected with the many recollections that twine around the hearts of Irishmen, yet the superior utility of the English tongue, as the medium of all modern communication, is so great that I can witness without a sigh the gradual decline of the Irish language.

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#9. Raphael says, "Honor is a trait not often found in men, but when it is, it can change everything.

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#10. The poor old Duke [of Wellington]! What shall I say of him? To be sure he was born in Ireland, but being born in a stable does not make a man a horse.

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#11. Nothing is politically right which is morally wrong.

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#12. The altar of liberty totters when it is cemented only with blood

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#13. No man was ever a good soldier but the man who goes into the battle determined to conquer, or not to come back from the battle field (cheers). No other principle makes a good soldier.

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