We refuse to lie here in dishonor! We are not criminals, but Irishmen! This is the crime of which we stand accused.

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

We must see our present fight right through to the very end.

Guns don't win wars; guns and bombs may kill a man but they cannot make him follow their lead, nor will they ever coerce an unyielding man to yield.

Never will they label our liberation struggle as criminal

Generations will continue to meet the same fate unless the perennial oppressor-Britain-is removed, for she will unashamedly and mercilessly continue to maintain her occupation and economic exploitation of Ireland to judgment day, if she is not halted and ejected.

I'll wear no convicts uniform nor meekly serve my time that Britain might brand Irelands fight 800 years of crime.