Daniel O'Connell

“No man was ever a good soldier but the man who goes into the battle determined to conquer, or not to come back from the battle field.”

“A nation's liberty is not worth a single drop of human blood.”

“Slavery is a sin against God and a crime against man.”

“One man's freedom ends where another man's freedom begins.”

“Nothing is politically right which is morally wrong.”

“The altar of liberty totters when it is cemented only with blood.”

“My first object is to get Ireland for the Irish.”

“Gentlemen, you may soon have the alternative to live as slaves or die as freemen.”

“The principle of my political life... is that all ameliorations and improvements in political institutions can be obtained by persevering in a perfectly peaceable and legal course, and cannot be obtained by forcible means.”

“Let our motto be, 'Ireland for the Irish,' and 'The Irish for Ireland.'”

“The best of all possessions is a pure and peaceful conscience.”