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No man has a right to fix the boundary of the march of a nation; no man has a right to say to his country - thus far shalt thou go and no further.

— Charles Stewart Parnell speech (1885)

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Without the help of the people our exertions would be as nothing.

Cork address (1885)

Why should Ireland be treated as a geographical fragment of England, as he had heard an ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer call it some time ago. Ireland was not a geographical fragment, but a nation.

You must show him … by leaving him severely alone.

No man has the right to say to his country "Thus far shalt thou go and no further".

Cork address (1885)

No man has the right to fix the boundary to the march of a nation.

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