Patrick Henry Pearse quotes

" The great object is, that every man be armed. ... Every one who is able may have a gun. " # Power

" There are in every generation those who shrink from the ultimate sacrifice, but there are in every generation those who make it with joy and laughter and these are the salt of the generations. " # Martyrdom # Laughter # Sacrifice

" Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense " # Trust

" Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery Forbid it, Almighty God I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death " # Slavery

" It is natural for a man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut out eyes against a painful truth and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms into beasts. " # Laziness

" I know of no way to judge the future but by the past. " # Past