Boyle Roche Quotes

We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech.

– Boyle Roche

How can I be in two places at once, unless I were a bird?

– Boyle Roche

Mr Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I will nip him in the bud.

– Boyle Roche

I answer in the affirmative with an emphatic ‘No.’

– Boyle Roche

While I write this letter, I have a pistol in one hand and a sword in the other.

– Boyle Roche

The cup of Ireland’s misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full.

– Boyle Roche

The only thing to prevent what’s past is to put a stop to it before it happens.

– Boyle Roche

Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us?

– Boyle Roche

Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue.

– Boyle Roche

The best way to avoid danger is to meet it plump.

– Boyle Roche

Every pint bottle should contain a quart.

– Boyle Roche

Ireland and England are like two sisters; I would have them embrace like one brother.

– Boyle Roche

All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand.

– Boyle Roche