“We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.”

“If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.”

“Still, if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.”

“We have not journeyed all this way because we are made of sugar candy.”

“Always remember, that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.”

“Of this I am certain, that if we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future.”

“Perhaps we have been guilty of some terminological inexactitudes.”