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Boyle Roche
Irish
Politician
About the author
Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue.
Boyle Roche,
Irish
Politician
#Opponents
#Lies
The best way to avoid danger is to meet it plump.
Boyle Roche,
Irish
Politician
#Danger
Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us?
Boyle Roche,
Irish
Politician
#Posterity
While I write this letter, I have a pistol in one hand and a sword in the other.
Boyle Roche,
Irish
Politician
We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech.
Boyle Roche,
Irish
Politician
#Right
#Freedom
#Speech
#Silence
The only thing to prevent what's past is to put a stop to it before it happens.
Boyle Roche,
Irish
Politician
#Past
The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full.
Boyle Roche,
Irish
Politician
#Misery
#Ireland
Ireland and England are like two sisters; I would have them embrace like one brother.
Boyle Roche,
Irish
Politician
#England
#Ireland
#Brother
#Sisters
I answer in the affirmative with an emphatic "No."
Boyle Roche,
Irish
Politician
How can I be in two places at once, unless I were a bird?
Boyle Roche,
Irish
Politician
Mr Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I will nip him in the bud.
Boyle Roche,
Irish
Politician
#Will
#Sky
Every pint bottle should contain a quart.
Boyle Roche,
Irish
Politician
All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand.
Boyle Roche,
Irish
Politician
#Future