Quotes on Irishmen

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

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

Ireland, as distinct from her people, is nothing to me; and the man who is bubbling over with love and enthusiasm for "Ireland," and can yet pass unmoved through our streets and witness all the wrong and the suffering, shame and degradation wrought upon the people of Ireland-yea, wrought by Irishmen upon Irish men and women, without burning to end it, is, in my opinion, a fraud and a liar in his heart, no matter how he loves that combination of chemical elements he is pleased to call Ireland.

The heart of an Irishman is nothing but his imagination