Terence MacSwiney Quotes & Sayings

It is not those who can inflict the most but those who can endure the most who will conquer. — Terence MacSwiney

In a physical contest on the field of battle it is allowable to use tactics and strategy, to retreat as well as advance, to have recourse to a ruse as well as open attack; but in matters of principle there can be no tactics, there is one straight forward course to follow and that course must be found and followed without swerving to the end. — Terence MacSwiney