They cannot or never will break our spirit. You cannot put a rope around the neck of an idea. No part is too great or too small, no one is too old or too young to do something.” -- Bobby Sands, “Never will they label our liberation struggle as criminal” -- Bobby Sands, “Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.” -- Bobby Sands, “I may die, but the Republic of 1916 will never die. Never will they label our liberation struggle as criminal. We are not criminals, but Irishmen! The superior teacher demonstrates. Share.

I am (even after all the torture) amazed at British logic. There is that much to be done that no select or small portion of people can do; only the greater mass of the Irish nation will ensure the achievement of a Socialist Republic, and this can only be done by hard work and sacrifice. The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. Guns don't win wars; guns and bombs may kill a man but they cannot make him follow their lead, nor will they ever coerce an unyielding man to yield. I am standing on the threshold of another trembling world. The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show. Enjoy the best Bobby Sands quotes and picture quotes! There is no such thing as a Mass Mind. Biography. Share. 23 2 Bobby Sands. The people not only opened the doors of their homes to lend us a hand, but they opened their hearts to us. They won't break me because the desire for freedom, and the freedom of the Irish people, is in my heart. “Skylark Sing Your Lonely Song: An Anthology of the Writings of Bobby Sands”, Irish Amer Book Company, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, There is a mistake in the text of this quote. ', 'If I die, God will understand.

Everyone, Republican or otherwise has their own particular part to play. They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn't want to be broken. Welcome back. Happiness, Laughter, … May God have mercy on my soul. The people not only opened the doors of their homes to lend us a hand, but they opened their hearts to us. Nothing really mattered except remaining unbroken. Onward to the Republic and liberation of our people. I learned that without the people, we could not survive and I knew that I owed them everything.” -- Bobby Sands, “All things must come to pass as one, so hope should never die. 11 sourced quotes. “Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.”, “There can't 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.”, We’d love your help. Remarkable Last Words (or Near-Last Words). There is no height or bloody might that a freeman can’t defy. Bobby Sands (1997). They have nothing in their entire imperial arsenal to break the spirit of one single Republican political prisoner-of-war who refuses to be b… Send. My life now centered around sleepless nights and stand-bys, dodging the Brits and calming nerves to go out on operations. To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them. The people not only opened the doors of their homes to lend us a hand, but they opened their hearts to us. Bobby Sands quotes. I was a skeleton compared to what I used to be but it didn't matter. We are not criminals, but Irishmen! But it is repression that creates the revolutionary spirit of freedom. Categories: Irish people, Political leaders, 1980s deaths.