She may enter the Council of Empire provided that she enters on her knees, and leaves her history outside the door as a shameful burden.

This is not a demand that can be conceded, or that men make on men.

The open secret of Ireland is that Ireland is a nation.

In days rougher than ours, when a blind and tyrannous England sought to drown the national faith of Ireland in her own blood as in a sea, there arose among our fathers men who annulled that design.

We cannot undertake to cancel the names of these men from our calendar.