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Quote by Bobby Sands

“I may die, but the Republic of 1916 will never die. Onward to the Republic and liberation of our people.”

Book:Skylark Sing Your Lonely Song: An Anthology of the Writings of Bobby Sands

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Skylark Sing Your Lonely Song: An Anthology of the Writings of Bobby Sands

This anthology brings together a selection of Bobby Sands' works, offering insights into his experiences and the broader political context of his time. more

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Bobby Sands

Bobby Sands was an Irish republican and member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). He is best known for his role in the 1981 Irish hunger strike, during which he died. Sands was a prominent figure in the struggle for Irish independence and his death became a symbol of the conflict. more

“My life now centered around sleepless nights and stand-bys, dodging the Brits and calming nerves to go out on operations. But the people stood by us. The people not only opened the doors of their homes to lend us a hand, but they opened their hearts to us. I learned that without the people, we could not survive and I knew that I owed them everything.”

People Heart Home Hands Night Doors Operations Nerves Calming Brits Sleepless Nights

Author:Bobby Sands

“All things must come to pass as one, so hope should never die. There is no height or bloody might that a freeman can’t defy. There is no source or foreign force can break one man who knows that his free will no thing can kill … and from that, freedom grows.”

Knows Men Should Might Dies Force Grows Break Source All Things Height Free Will One Man Bloody Freeman

Book:Skylark Sing Your Lonely Song: An Anthology of the Writings of Bobby Sands

Source: Skylark Sing Your Lonely Song: An Anthology of the Writings of Bobby Sands

“There can never be peace in Ireland until the foreign oppressive British presence is removed, leaving all the Irish people as a unit to control their own affairs and determine their own destinies as a sovereign people, free in mind and body, separate and distinct physically, culturally and economically.”

People Mind Body Destiny Leaving Affair Determine British Ireland Units Sovereign Mind And Body

Book:Bobby Sands: Writings from Prison

Source: Bobby Sands: Writings from Prison

“Before the arrival of the Credit Union, people who were from the poor background or a working class background couldn't borrow from banks.”