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I am a political prisoner. I am a political prisoner because I am a casualty of a perennial war that is being fought between the oppressed Irish people and an alien, oppressive, unwanted regime that refuses to withdraw from our land.

~Bobby Sands

Topics: Alien Am Because Being Between Casualty Fought Irish Land Oppressed Oppressive Our People Perennial Political Prisoner Refuses Regime Unwanted War Withdraw I Am

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We wish to be treated 'not as ordinary prisoners,' for we are not criminals. We admit no crime - unless, that is, the love of one's people and country is a crime.

~Bobby Sands

Topics: Admit Country Crime Criminals Love Ordinary People Prisoners Treated Unless Wish

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I was a skeleton compared to what I used to be, but it didn't matter. Nothing really mattered except remaining unbroken.

~Bobby Sands

Topics: Compared Except Matter Mattered Nothing Really Remaining Skeleton Unbroken Used

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Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.

~Bobby Sands

Topics: Children Laughter Our Revenge Will

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They won't break me because the desire for freedom, and the freedom of the Irish people, is in my heart. The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show. It is then that we will see the rising of the moon.

~Bobby Sands

Topics: Because Break Dawn Day Desire Freedom Heart Ireland Irish Me Moon People Rising See Show Then Will

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Everyone, Republican or otherwise has their own particular part to play. No part is too great or too small, no one is too old or too young to do something.

~Bobby Sands

Topics: Everyone Great Old Otherwise Own Part Particular Play Republican Small Something Too Young

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The body doesn't accept the lack of food, and it suffers from the temptation of food and from other aspects which gnaw at it perpetually. The body fights back sure enough, but at the end of the day, everything returns to the primary consideration - that is, the mind.

~Bobby Sands

Topics: Accept Aspects Back Body Consideration Day End End Of The Day Enough Everything Fights Food Gnaw Lack Mind Other Perpetually Primary Returns Suffers Sure Temptation Which

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We must see our present fight right through to the very end.

~Bobby Sands

Topics: End Fight Must Our Present Right See Through Very

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They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn't want to be broken.

~Bobby Sands

Topics: Arsenal Break Broken Imperial Nothing Spirit Want Who Whole

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I was only a working-class boy from a Nationalist ghetto. But it is repression that creates the revolutionary spirit of freedom.

~Bobby Sands

Topics: Boy Creates Freedom Ghetto Nationalist Only Repression Revolutionary Spirit Working-Class

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Activist

Born: March 9th, 1954

Died: May 5th, 1981

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