There are in every generation those who shrink from the ultimate sacrifice, but there are in every generation those who make it with joy and laughter and these are the salt of the generations.

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

We seem to have lost. We have not lost. To refuse to fight would have been to lose; to fight is to win. We have kept faith with the past, and handed on a tradition to the future.

Ireland unfree shall never be at peace

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

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

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