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Quotes from Principles of Freedom — Terence MacSwiney

1879–1920 Ireland

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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 straightforward course to follow, and that course must be found and followed without swerving to the end.

Principles of Freedom (1921)

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