Thomas Francis Meagher People Quotations

But it so happens, and it will ever happen so, that they who have lived to serve their country - no matter how weak their efforts may have been - are sure to receive the thanks and blessings of its people.

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

A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up a great nation.