I'll wear no convicts uniform nor meekly serve my time that Britain might brand Irelands fight 800 years of crime.

Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.

I may die, but the Republic of 1916 will never die. Onward to the Republic and liberation of our people.

You cannot put a rope around the neck of an idea.

They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn't want to be broken.

Never will they label our liberation struggle as criminal

We refuse to lie here in dishonor! We are not criminals, but Irishmen! This is the crime of which we stand accused.

Everyone, Republican or otherwise has their own particular part to play. No part is too great or too small, no one is too old or too young to do something.

I was only a working-class boy from a Nationalist ghetto. But it is repression that creates the revolutionary spirit of freedom.

I am standing on the threshold of another trembling world. May God have mercy on my soul.

Guns don't win wars; guns and bombs may kill a man but they cannot make him follow their lead, nor will they ever coerce an unyielding man to yield.

Even with fasting and prayers you still need wisdom. At the root of every great accomplishment is wisdom. In all your getting get wisdom first.

If differences can be hidden, perhaps there aren't differences at all

Oats n.s. A grain which in England is generally given to horses but in Scotland supports the people.

Now that I've got some films under my belt, I have the courage of my convictions regarding acting. It gives me a leg to stand on.

I saw a man killed in front of my eyes just before my eighth birthday.

If someone around you is multitasking, you pick up distraction like second-hand smoke.

One hurries through, even though there's time; the past, the continent, is behind; the future is the glowing mouth in the side of the ship; the dim, turbulent alley is too confusedly the present.

Life is painful to be meaningful.

Unfortunately, most men would only be interested in a woman's mind if it bounced when she walked.

The larger picture here is that a North Korea with nuclear weapons adds to the larger proliferation risk.