My days – the blossom of my youth and the flower of my manhood – have been darkened by the dreariness of servitude. In this my native land – in the l….

I will go on quietly and slowly, but I will go on firmly, and with a certainty of success..

I want to make all Europe and America know it - I want to make England feel her weakness if she refuses to give the justice we the Irish require - th….

Gentlemen, you may soon have the alternative to live as slaves or die as free men.

Whoever commits a crime strengthens his enemy..

No person knows better than you do that the domination of England is the sole and blighting curse of this country. It is the incubus that sits on our….

Although the Irish language is connected with the many recollections that twine around the hearts of Irishmen, yet the superior utility of the Englis….

How cruel the Penal Laws are which exclude me from a fair trial with men whom I look upon as so much my inferiors..

The principle of my political life ... is that all amelioration and improvements in political institutions can be obtained by persevering in a perfec….

The poor old Duke [of Wellington]! What shall I say of him? To be sure he was born in Ireland, but being born in a stable does not make a man a horse..

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 (cheers). No oth….

Every religion is good—every religion is true to him who in his good caution and conscience believes it..

There is an utter ignorance of, and indifference to, our sufferings and privations....What care they for us, provided we be submissive, pay the taxes….

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