The Republic guarantees religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities to all its citizens, and declares its resolve to pursue the happiness and prosperity of the whole nation and of all its parts, cherishing all the children of the nation equally.

Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its manhood... there are many things more horrible than bloodshed, and slavery is one of them!

You cannot conquer Ireland; you cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom. If our deed has not been sufficient to win freedom, then our children will win it by a better deed.

A country without a language is a country without a soul.

We are ready to die and shall die cheerfully and proudly, you must not grieve for all of this.

Life springs from death; and from the graves of patriot men and women spring living nations.

As long as Ireland is unfree the only honourable attitude for Irish men, women to have is an attitude of rebellion.