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> [You cannot conquer Ireland; you cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom. If our deed has not been sufficient to win freedom, then our children will win it by a better deed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-pearse/you-cannot-conquer-ireland-you-cannot-extinguish-the-irish-passion/)

[Patrick Pearse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-pearse/)

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## More by Patrick Pearse

> [The Republic guarantees religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities to all its citizens, and declares its resolve to pursue the happiness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-pearse/the-republic-guarantees-religious-and-civil-liberty-equal-rights-and/)

[Patrick Pearse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-pearse/)

> [You cannot conquer Ireland; you cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom. If our deed has not been sufficient to win freedom, then our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-pearse/you-cannot-conquer-ireland-you-cannot-extinguish-the-irish-passion/)

[Patrick Pearse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-pearse/)

> [“Hail, oh woman, who was so afflicted, It was our ruin that you were in chains, Our fine land in the possession of thieves...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-pearse/hail-oh-woman-who-was-so-afflicted-it-was-our-ruin-that-you-were-in/)

[Patrick Pearse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-pearse/)

> [As long as Ireland is unfree the only honourable attitude for Irish men, women to have is an attitude of rebellion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-pearse/as-long-as-ireland-is-unfree-the-only-honourable-attitude-for-irish/)

[Patrick Pearse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-pearse/)

> [We seem to have lost. We have not lost. To refuse to fight would have been to lose; to fight is to win. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-pearse/we-seem-to-have-lost-we-have-not-lost-to-refuse-to-fight-would-have/)

[Patrick Pearse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-pearse/)

> [One of the most terrible things about the English education System in Ireland is its ruthlessness...it is cold and mechanical, like the ruthlessness of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-pearse/one-of-the-most-terrible-things-about-the-english-education-system-in/)

[Patrick Pearse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-pearse/)

> [There are in every generation those who shrink from the ultimate sacrifice, but there are in every generation those who make it with joy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-pearse/there-are-in-every-generation-those-who-shrink-from-the-ultimate/)

[Patrick Pearse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-pearse/)

> [Life springs from death; and from the graves of patriot men and women spring living nations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-pearse/life-springs-from-death-and-from-the-graves-of-patriot-men-and-women/)

[Patrick Pearse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-pearse/)

> [We are ready to die and shall die cheerfully and proudly, you must not grieve for all of this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-pearse/we-are-ready-to-die-and-shall-die-cheerfully-and-proudly-you-must-not/)

[Patrick Pearse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-pearse/)

> [Education should foster; this education is meant to repress. Education should inspire this education is meant to tame. Education should harden; this education is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-pearse/education-should-foster-this-education-is-meant-to-repress-education/)

[Patrick Pearse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-pearse/)

> [A country without a language is a country without a soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-pearse/a-country-without-a-language-is-a-country-without-a-soul/)

[Patrick Pearse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-pearse/)

> [“He may seem the fool who has given his all, by the wise men of the world; but it was the apparent fools who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-pearse/he-may-seem-the-fool-who-has-given-his-all-by-the-wise-men-of-the/)

[Patrick Pearse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-pearse/)

> [Ireland unfree shall never be at peace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-pearse/ireland-unfree-shall-never-be-at-peace/)

[Patrick Pearse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-pearse/)

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