Daniel O'Connell quotes
Daniel O'Connell was an influential Irish political leader known as "The Liberator." A champion of Catholic emancipation, he led peaceful campaigns for civil rights and parliamentary reform in Ireland. He inspired generations by advocating nonviolent resistance and greater autonomy for the Irish people. Here are 11 of his quotes:
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.
Daniel O'Connell
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.
Daniel O'Connell
The principle of my political life .... is, that all ameliorations 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.
Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell
Occupation: Irish Politician
Born: August 6, 1775
Died: May 15, 1847
Quotes count: 11
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