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Terence MacSwiney
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“In a physical contest on the field of battle it is allowable to use tactics and strategy, to retreat as well as advance, to have recourse to a ruse as well as open attack; but in matters of principle there can be no tactics, there is one straightforward course to follow, and that course must be found and followed without swerving to the end.”
Terence MacSwiney (1879–1920) said by 1920 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Principles of Freedom (1921) ch. 16, sect. 4
“It is not those who can inflict the most but those that can suffer the most who will conquer.”
Terence MacSwiney (1879–1920) said by 1920 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Pete Hamill, "'It is those that can suffer most who will conquer'" [Review of J. Bowyer Bell's The Secret Army: The IRA], The New York Times (5 September 1971), and in Brian Maye, "An Irishman's Diary on a pro…
“I am confident that my death will do more to smash the British Empire than my release.”
Terence MacSwiney (1879–1920) said by 1920 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On his hunger strike. Quoted in Richard Bennett, The Black and Tans (Pen and Sword, 2010) p. 90
“If I die the fruit will exceed the cost a thousand fold. The thought of it makes me happy. I thank God for it.”
Terence MacSwiney (1879–1920) said by 1920 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Cathal Billings, "Terence MacSwiney: Triumph of blood sacrifice", The Irish Independent (3 March 2016)
“I want you to bear witness that I die as a Soldier of the Irish Republic.”
Terence MacSwiney (1879–1920) said by 1920 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: His last words, to a visiting priest. Quoted in Richard Bennett, The Black and Tans (2010) p. 90