Let there be no inscription upon my tomb; let no man write my epitaph: no man can write my epitaph.

- Robert Emmet

"Let there be no inscription upon my tomb. Let no man write my epitaph. No man can write my epitaph. I am here ready to die. I am not allowed to vind…

- Robert Emmet

Let no man write my epitaph. When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written.

- Robert Emmet

A man in my situation, my lords, has not only to encounter the difficulties of fortune. and the force of power over minds which it has corrupted or s…

- Robert Emmet

I have but one request to ask at my departure from this world; it is-THE CHARITY OF ITS SILENCE. Let no man write my epitaph; for as no man who knows…

- Robert Emmet

Calumniators are those who have neither good hearts nor good understandings. We ought not to think ill of any one till we have palpable proof; and ev…

- Robert Emmet

I have much to say why my reputation should be rescued from the load of false accusation and calumny which has been heaped upon it.

- Robert Emmet

Let no man dare, when I am dead. to charge me with dishonor; let no man attaint my memory by believing that I could have engaged in any cause but tha…

- Robert Emmet