[The Open Secret of Ireland by T. M. Kettle]@TWC D-Link bookThe Open Secret of Ireland CHAPTER VIII 41/41
Hence in ordinary cases a man will get clean justice. But the moment politics flutter on the breeze, the masked battery on the Bench is uncurtained to bellow forth anti-Nationalist shrapnel.
Irish Judges, in fact, are very like the horse in the schoolboy's essay: 'The horse is a noble and useful quadruped, but, when irritated, he ceases to do so." "_Police_ .-- The Royal Irish Constabulary was formerly an Army of occupation.
Now, owing to the all but complete disappearance of crime, it is an Army of no occupation." "_Dublin Castle in general_ .-- Must be seen to be disbelieved." Since there does not exist a British Empire, it is necessary to invent one.
Since there does not exist an Irish government, in any modern and intelligible sense of the word, it is necessary to invent one.
The common creative mould out of which both must be struck is the principle of Home Rule..
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