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> [They fought as they revelled, fast, fiery, and true, And, though victors, they left on the field not a few; And they who survived fought and drank as of yore, But the land of their heart's hope they never saw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-davis/they-fought-as-they-revelled-fast-fiery-and-true-and-though-victors/)

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## More by Thomas Davis

> [“It is an ancient land, honoured in the archives of civilisation. Every great European race has sent its stream to the river of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-davis/it-is-an-ancient-land-honoured-in-the-archives-of-civilisation-every/)

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> [They fought as they revelled, fast, fiery, and true, And, though victors, they left on the field not a few; And they who survived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-davis/they-fought-as-they-revelled-fast-fiery-and-true-and-though-victors/)

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> [As well might you leave the fairies to plough your land or the idle winds to sow it, as sit down and wait for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-davis/as-well-might-you-leave-the-fairies-to-plough-your-land-or-the-idle/)

[Thomas Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-davis/)

> [Educate, that you might be free. We are most anxious to get the quiet, strong minded people who are scattered throughout the country to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-davis/educate-that-you-might-be-free-we-are-most-anxious-to-get-the-quiet/)

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> [There are three things without which there is no country--common language, common judicature, and co-tillage land--for without these a country cannot support itself in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-davis/there-are-three-things-without-which-there-is-no-country-common/)

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> [Viva la the New Brigade! Viva la the Old One, too! Viva la, the Rose shall fade, And the Shamrock shine for ever new!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-davis/viva-la-the-new-brigade-viva-la-the-old-one-too-viva-la-the-rose/)

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> [“In education if you strengthen a strength you weaken a weakness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-davis/in-education-if-you-strengthen-a-strength-you-weaken-a-weakness/)

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> [A people without a language of its own is only half a nation. A nation should guard its language more than its territories, 'tis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-davis/a-people-without-a-language-of-its-own-is-only-half-a-nation-a-nation/)

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> [Far in foreign fields from Dunkirk to Belgrade Lie the soldiers and chiefs of the Irish Brigade.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-davis/far-in-foreign-fields-from-dunkirk-to-belgrade-lie-the-soldiers-and/)

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> [They're trying to make fuel cells a reality. They want to bring the hydrogen economy to the United States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-davis/they-re-trying-to-make-fuel-cells-a-reality-they-want-to-bring-the/)

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> [Come in the evening, or coming in the morning/Come when you're looked for, or come without warning/Kisses and welcomes you'll find here before you/And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-davis/come-in-the-evening-or-coming-in-the-morning-come-when-you-re-looked/)

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> [It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish Nation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-davis/it-is-not-blood-that-makes-you-irish-but-a-willingness-to-be-part-of/)

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