The dependence of one people upon another, even for the benefits of legislation, is the deepest source of national weakness.

Quote by Thomas Francis Meagher

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The prosperity of a nation requires the protection of a senate. Hereafter a national senate...

The prosperity of a nation requires the protection of a senate. Hereafter a national senate...

A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong...

A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong...

I have done what I felt to be my duty.

I have done what I felt to be my duty.

A jury of my countrymen, it is true, have found me guilty of the crime...

A jury of my countrymen, it is true, have found me guilty of the crime...

Great interests demand great safeguards.

Great interests demand great safeguards.

I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions -...

I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions -...

Judged by the law of England, I know this crime entails upon me the penalty...

Judged by the law of England, I know this crime entails upon me the penalty...

The treason of which I stand convicted loses all its guilt, has been sanctified as...

The treason of which I stand convicted loses all its guilt, has been sanctified as...