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Daniel O'Connell, born on August 6, 1775, and died on May 15, 1847, was an Irish nationalist and politician, known as the leader of the Irish nationalist movement. He played a significant role in the Irish struggle for independence, advocating for peaceful means to achieve Irish autonomy and successfully pushing for a series of reforms.

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“There is an utter ignorance of, and indifference to, our sufferings and privations....What care they for us, provided we be submissive, pay the taxes, furnish recruits for the Army and Navy and bless the masters who either despise or oppress or combine both? The apathy that exists respecting Ireland is worse than the national antipathy they bear us.”

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“Whoever commits a crime strengthens his enemy.”

Enemy Crime Commit

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“Gentlemen, you may soon have the alternative to live as slaves or die as free men”

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“No man was ever a good soldier but the man who goes into the battle determined to conquer, or not to come back from the battle field (cheers). No other principle makes a good soldier.”

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Book:Daniel O'Connell's Oratory on Repeal

Source: Daniel O'Connell's Oratory on Repeal

“The poor old Duke [of Wellington]! What shall I say of him? To be sure he was born in Ireland, but being born in a stable does not make a man a horse.”

Men Doe Born Poor Horse Ireland Stable Dukes Wellington

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“I will go on quietly and slowly, but I will go on firmly, and with a certainty of success.”

Goes On Certainty

Book:Life and Speeches of Daniel O'Connell ....: Including Many Speeches Not in Other Collections

Source: Life and Speeches of Daniel O'Connell ....: Including Many Speeches Not in Other Collections

“The altar of liberty totters when it is cemented only with blood”

Liberty Blood Altars

Book:Daniel O'Connell: His Early Life, and Journal, 1795 to 1802

Source: Daniel O'Connell: His Early Life, and Journal, 1795 to 1802

“I want to make all Europe and America know it - I want to make England feel her weakness if she refuses to give the justice we the Irish require - the restoration of our domestic parliament.”

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“How cruel the Penal Laws are which exclude me from a fair trial with men whom I look upon as so much my inferiors.”

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“My days – the blossom of my youth and the flower of my manhood – have been darkened by the dreariness of servitude. In this my native land – in the land of my sires – I am degraded without fault as an alien and an outcast.”

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Book:The Select Speeches of Daniel O'Connell, M. P.

Source: The Select Speeches of Daniel O'Connell, M. P.

“No person knows better than you do that the domination of England is the sole and blighting curse of this country. It is the incubus that sits on our energies, stops the pulsation of the nation's heart and leaves to Ireland not gay vitality but horrid the convulsions of a troubled dream.”

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“The principle of my political life ... is that all amelioration and improvements in political institutions can be obtained by persevering in a perfectly peaceable and legal course, and cannot be obtained by forcible means, or if they could be got by forcible means, such means create more evils than they cure, and leave the country worse than they found it.”

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“Every religion is good—every religion is true to him who in his good caution and conscience believes it.”

Believe Conscience Caution

Book:The Select Speeches of Daniel O'Connell, M. P.

Source: The Select Speeches of Daniel O'Connell, M. P.

“Although the Irish language is connected with the many recollections that twine around the hearts of Irishmen, yet the superior utility of the English tongue, as the medium of all modern communication, is so great that I can witness without a sigh the gradual decline of the Irish language.”

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Author:Daniel O'Connell

About the Author

Born: August 6, 1775
Died: May 15, 1847
Known for: Political leader
Quotes: 14

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The Select Speeches of Daniel O'Connell, M. P.Related source material

Daniel O'Connell's Oratory on RepealRelated source material

Daniel O'Connell: His Early Life, and Journal, 1795 to 1802Related source material

Life and Speeches of Daniel O'Connell ....: Including Many Speeches Not in Other CollectionsRelated source material

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