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Famous quotes containing the words irish, confederate, wars and/or rebellion:

    “I was the rector’s son, born to the anglican order,
    Banned for ever from the candles of the Irish poor;
    The Chichesters knelt in marble at the end of a transept
    With ruffs about their necks, their portion sure.”
    —Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)

    “During the Civil War the area became a refuge for service- dodging Texans, and gangs of bushwhackers, as they were called, hid in its fastnesses. Conscript details of the Confederate Army hunted the fugitives and occasional skirmishes resulted.”
    —Administration in the State of Texa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

    “We have to have wars now and then just to prove we’re top dog.”
    —Reginald Berkeley (1890–1935)

    “Scholars planning a rebellion could never succeed even in three years.”
    —Chinese proverb.