37 Quotes by Bobby Sands

I may die, but the Republic of 1916 will never die. Onward to the Republic and liberation of our people.

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

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.

Guns don’t win wars; guns and bombs may kill a man but they cannot make him follow their lead, nor will they ever coerce an unyielding man to yield.

Never will they label our liberation struggle as criminal.

I’ll wear no convicts uniform nor meekly serve my time that Britain might brand Irelands fight 800 years of crime...

If I die, God will understand.

I was set to confront the might of the imperial empire with an M-1 carbine and enough hate to topple the world.

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