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> [But it so happens, and it will ever happen so, that they who have lived to serve their country - no matter how weak their efforts may have been - are sure to receive the thanks and blessings of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-francis-meagher/but-it-so-happens-and-it-will-ever-happen-so-that-they-who-have-lived/)

[Thomas Francis Meagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-francis-meagher/)

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## More by Thomas Francis Meagher

> [The prosperity of a nation requires the protection of a senate. Hereafter a national senate may require the protection of a national army.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-francis-meagher/the-prosperity-of-a-nation-requires-the-protection-of-a-senate/)

[Thomas Francis Meagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-francis-meagher/)

> [Judged by the law of England, I know this crime entails upon me the penalty of death; but the history of Ireland explains that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-francis-meagher/judged-by-the-law-of-england-i-know-this-crime-entails-upon-me-the/)

[Thomas Francis Meagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-francis-meagher/)

> [It is not only our duty to America, but also to Ireland. We could not hope to succeed in our effort to make Ireland…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-francis-meagher/it-is-not-only-our-duty-to-america-but-also-to-ireland-we-could-not/)

[Thomas Francis Meagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-francis-meagher/)

> [But it so happens, and it will ever happen so, that they who have lived to serve their country - no matter how weak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-francis-meagher/but-it-so-happens-and-it-will-ever-happen-so-that-they-who-have-lived/)

[Thomas Francis Meagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-francis-meagher/)

> [I have done what I felt to be my duty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-francis-meagher/i-have-done-what-i-felt-to-be-my-duty/)

[Thomas Francis Meagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-francis-meagher/)

> [The treason of which I stand convicted loses all its guilt, has been sanctified as a duty, and will be ennobled as a sacrifice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-francis-meagher/the-treason-of-which-i-stand-convicted-loses-all-its-guilt-has-been/)

[Thomas Francis Meagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-francis-meagher/)

> [A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up a great nation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-francis-meagher/a-good-government-may-indeed-redress-the-grievances-of-an-injured/)

[Thomas Francis Meagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-francis-meagher/)

> [The dependence of one people upon another, even for the benefits of legislation, is the deepest source of national weakness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-francis-meagher/the-dependence-of-one-people-upon-another-even-for-the-benefits-of/)

[Thomas Francis Meagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-francis-meagher/)

> [Great interests demand great safeguards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-francis-meagher/great-interests-demand-great-safeguards/)

[Thomas Francis Meagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-francis-meagher/)

> [I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death; a country whose misfortunes have invoked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-francis-meagher/i-now-bid-farewell-to-the-country-of-my-birth-of-my-passions-of-my/)

[Thomas Francis Meagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-francis-meagher/)

> [A National Flag is the most sacred thing a nation can possess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-francis-meagher/a-national-flag-is-the-most-sacred-thing-a-nation-can-possess/)

[Thomas Francis Meagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-francis-meagher/)

> [A jury of my countrymen, it is true, have found me guilty of the crime of which I stood indicted. For this I entertain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-francis-meagher/a-jury-of-my-countrymen-it-is-true-have-found-me-guilty-of-the-crime/)

[Thomas Francis Meagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-francis-meagher/)

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