"The glory of the old Irish nation, which……" — Thomas Francis Meagher
"The glory of the old Irish nation, which in our hour will grow young and strong again. Should we fail, the country will not be worth more than it is now. The sword of famine is less sparing than the bayonet of the soldier."
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Thomas Francis Meagher
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12 Quotes by Thomas Francis Meagher
Thomas Francis Meagher has 12 quotes on this site.
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Great interests demand great safeguards.
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A jury of my countrymen, it is true, have found me guilty of the crime of which I stood indicted.…
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I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death; a country…
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It is not only our duty to America, but also to Ireland. We could not hope to succeed in our…
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The dependence of one people upon another, even for the benefits of legislation, is the deepest source of national weakness.
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The treason of which I stand convicted loses all its guilt, has been sanctified as a duty, and will be…
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But it so happens, and it will ever happen so, that they who have lived to serve their country -…
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A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up…
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Judged by the law of England, I know this crime entails upon me the penalty of death; but the history…
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I have done what I felt to be my duty.
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The prosperity of a nation requires the protection of a senate. Hereafter a national senate may require the protection of…
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More Bayonet Quotes
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The bullet is a mad thing, only the bayonet knows what it is about.
— Alexander Suvorov
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It is the cold glitter of the attacker's eye not the point of the questing bayonet that breaks the line.
— George S. Patton
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Where the hell do you put the bayonet?
— Chesty Puller
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Few men are killed by the bayonet, many are scared by it. Bayonets should be fixed when the fire fight…
— George S. Patton
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Why had his mother gone to the trouble of bringing him into the world if the most exciting moment in…
— Félix J. Palma
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In any case, the bayonet isn't as important as it used to be. It's more usual now to go into…
— Erich Maria Remarque
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Non-cooperation is beyond the reach of the bayonet. It has found an abiding place in the Indian heart. Workers like…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Voting is merely a labor-saving device for ascertaining on which side force lies and bowing to the inevitable... It is…
— Benjamin Tucker
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If our country, when pressed with wrongs at the point of the bayonet, had been governed by its heads instead…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers…
— Studs Terkel
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War: First day in the U.S. Army, the government placed a Bible in my left hand, a bayonet in the…
— Edward Abbey
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Let me tell you what is coming.... Your fathers and husbands, your sons and brothers, will be herded at the…
— Sam Houston
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