“Life springs from death, and from the graves of patriot men and women spring live nations. The defenders of this realm have worked well in secret and in the open. They think that they have pacified Ireland. They think that they have purchased half of us, and intimidated the other half. They think that they have foreseen everything. They think that they have provided against everything; but the fools, the fools, the fools! They have left us our Fenian dead, and while Ireland holds these graves, Ireland unfree shall never be at peace."—Patrick Pearse, “Ovation Over the Grave of O’Donovan Rossa,” August 1, 1915
(For more on the live nation that sprang from the grave of Pearse and others, see today’s “This Day in Irish History” post.)
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