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
I want to make all Europe and America know it – I want to make England feel her weakness if she refuses to give the justice we the Irish require – the restoration of our domestic parliament... — 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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