Quotes from Boyle Roche

Every pint bottle should contain a quart.

While I write this letter, I have a pistol in one hand and a sword in the other.

Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us?

The only thing to prevent what's past is to put a stop to it before it happens.

A man could not be in two places at the same time unless he were a bird.

Ireland and England are like two sisters; I would have them embrace like one brother.

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.

We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech.

How can I be in two places at once, unless I were a bird?

All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand.

Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue.

Single misfortunes never come alone, and the greatest of all national calamities is generally followed by one greater.

The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full.

The best way to avoid danger is to meet it plump.

I answer in the affirmative with an emphatic 'No.'

At present there are such goings-on that everything is at a standstill.