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

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

I may die, but the Republic of 1916 will never die. Onward to the Republic and liberation of our people.

There can never be peace in Ireland until the foreign oppressive British presence is removed, leaving all the Irish people as a unit to control their own affairs and determine their own destinies as a sovereign people, free in mind and body, separate and distinct physically, culturally and economically.

You cannot put a rope around the neck of an idea.

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.

Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.