United Irish Victory

Famous quotes containing the words united, irish and/or victory:

    “Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Canada are the horns, the head, the neck, the shins, and the hoof of the ox, and the United States are the ribs, the sirloin, the kidneys, and the rest of the body.”
    —William Cobbett (1762–1835)

    “The Irish are a fair people; they never speak well of one another.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

    “Every good cause gained a victory when the Union troops were triumphant. Our final victory was the triumph of religion, of virtue, of knowledge.... During those four years, whatever our motives, whatever our lives, we were fighting on God’s side. We were doing His work. What would this country have been if we had failed?”
    —Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)