Quotes
- "The land of Ireland for the people of Ireland." 26 October 1878 at the founding meeting of the Mayo Tenants' Defence Association, Castlebar, as reported in the Connaught Telegraph, 2 November 1878.
- "The mules of politics: without pride of ancestry, or hope of posterity." Quoted in H. H. Asquith, Memories and Reflections, vol I, p. 123. Oxford Book of Quotations, second edition.
- "The true patriot is not the one who clamours to lead the parade but the man who walks last." 17 March 1888, Louisville, Kentucky.
- "Nothing is so fatal to corruption as publicity and discussion." J. O'Connor Power, 'Edmund Burke and His Abiding Influence',1897.
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“Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright; he dares not say “I think,” “I am,” but quotes some saint or sage.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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