The principle of my political life ... is that all amelioration and improvements in political institutions can be obtained by persevering in a perfectly peaceable and legal course, and cannot be obtained by forcible means, or if they could be… — Daniel O'Connell Copy Share Image
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… — Daniel O'Connell Copy Share Image
My days – the blossom of my youth and the flower of my manhood – have been darkened by the dreariness of servitude. In… — Daniel O'Connell Copy Share Image
No man was ever a good soldier but the man who goes into the battle determined to conquer, or not to come back from… — Daniel O'Connell Copy Share Image
The principle of my political life ... is that all amelioration and improvements in political institutions can be obtained by persevering in a perfectly… — Daniel O'Connell Copy Share Image
There is an utter ignorance of, and indifference to, our sufferings and privations....What care they for us, provided we be submissive, pay the taxes,… — Daniel O'Connell Copy Share Image
The poor old Duke [of Wellington]! What shall I say of him? To be sure he was born in Ireland, but being born in… — Daniel O'Connell Copy Share Image
No person knows better than you do that the domination of England is the sole and blighting curse of this country. It is the… — Daniel O'Connell Copy Share Image
Although the Irish language is connected with the many recollections that twine around the hearts of Irishmen, yet the superior utility of the English… — Daniel O'Connell Copy Share Image
How cruel the Penal Laws are which exclude me from a fair trial with men whom I look upon as so much my inferiors... — Daniel O'Connell Copy Share Image
Every religion is good—every religion is true to him who in his good caution and conscience believes it. — Daniel O'Connell Copy Share Image
I will go on quietly and slowly, but I will go on firmly, and with a certainty of success. — Daniel O'Connell Copy Share Image
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