I Would Like To Take You Seriously,

Ireland, Sir, For Good Or Evil, Is Like No Other Place Under Heaven, And No Man Can Touch Its Sod Or Breathe Its Air Without Becoming Better Or Worse.

Nothing Is Ever Accomplished By A Reasonable Man.

Bourgeois Morality Is Largely A System Of Making Cheap Virtues A Cloak For Expensive Vices.

Fine Art Is The Subtlest, The Most Seductive, The Most Effective Instrument Of Moral Propaganda In The World, Excepting Only The Example Of Personal Conduct; And I Waive Even This Exception In Favor Of The Art Of The Stage, Because It Works By Exhibiting Examples Of Personal Conduct Made Intelligible And Moving To Crowds Of Unobservant Unreflecting People To Whom Real Life Means Nothing.

The One Point On Which All Women Are In Furious Secret Rebellion Against The Existing Law Is The Saddling Of The Right To A Child With The Obligation To Become The Servant Of A Man.