Wikiquote talk:Votes for deletion/Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa

This following quote was taken from a speech given by O’Donovan Rossa, in 1858, at an anniversary meeting of the Phoenix National Society, in Dundalk. In this brief quote we here the echo “the sword is truly mightier than the pen,” a quote by those who supported the primacy of the Republican physical force tradition, over the constitutional path advocated by others.

“We are the most cosmopolitan race in the whole universe; but Irishmen should have a country; they have a right to the country of their birth. By the use and aid of one steel—the pen—our committee have taken possession of that right, and as their title one day may be disputed, I trust they will be able and willing to prove it by the aid of another steel—the sword (loud cheers).”

I will undertake to reference this article as it comes within the scope of my main interest, the Young Ireland movement, the precursor of the Fenian’s. Without Rossa, we lose the context for Pearse’s speech in Glasnevin cemetery in 1915. As you can imagine I will attempt to cover a lot of ground, time and patience is required. Regards --Domer48 10:50, 5 April 2007 (UTC)