When the Irishman is found outside of Ireland in another environment, he very often becomes a respected man. The economic and inte...llectual conditions that prevail in his own country do not permit the development of individuality.... No one who has any self-respect stays in Ireland, but flees afar as though from a country that has undergone the visitation of an angered Jove.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Ireland, as distinct from her people, is nothing to me; and the man who is bubbling over with love and enthusiasm for "Ireland," a...nd can yet pass unmoved through our streets and witness all the wrong and the suffering, the shame and the degradation wrought upon the people of Ireland--yea, wrought by Irishmen upon Irish men and women, without burning to end it, is, in my opinion, a fraud and a liar in his heart, no matter how he loves that combination of chemical elements he is pleased to call Ireland.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Notwithstanding the unaccountable apathy with which of late years the Indians have been sometimes abandoned to their enemies, it i...s not to be doubted that it is the good pleasure and the understanding of all humane persons in the Republic, of the men and the matrons sitting in the thriving independent families all over the land, that they shall be duly cared for; that they shall taste justice and love from all to whom we have delegated the office of dealing with them.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceivin...g him.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Universal empire is the prerogative of a writer. His concerns are with all mankind, and though he cannot command their obedience, ...he can assign them their duty. The Republic of Letters is more ancient than monarchy, and of far higher character in the world than the vassal court of Britain.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The moment the very name of Ireland is mentioned, the English seem to bid adieu to common feeling, common prudence, and common sen...se, and to act with the barbarity of tyrants, and the fatuity of idiots.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Paper is cheap, and authors need not now erase one book before they write another. Instead of cultivating the earth for wheat and ...potatoes, they cultivate literature, and fill a place in the Republic of Letters. Or they would fain write for fame merely, as others actually raise crops of grain to be distilled into brandy.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
"I am of Ireland, And the Holy Land of Ireland,... And time runs on," cried she. "Come out of charity And dance with me in Ireland."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
History of Ireland--lawlessness and turbulency, robbery and oppression, hatred and revenge, blind selfishness everywhere--no princ...iple, no heroism. What can be done with it?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »