Robert Emmet Quotes

A man in my situation, my lords, has not only to encounter the difficulties of fortune. and the force of power over minds which it has corrupted or subjugated. but the difficulties of established prejudice: the man dies, but his memory lives.
Robert Emmet

I have much to say why my reputation should be rescued from the load of false accusation and calumny which has been heaped upon it.
Robert Emmet

Let no man write my epitaph... When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then shall my character be vindicated, then may my epitaph be written.
Robert Emmet

Let there be no inscription upon my tomb; let no man write my epitaph: no man can write my epitaph.
Robert Emmet

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Robert Emmet Quotes

Type: Activist Quotes Category: Irish Activist Quotes Date of Birth: March 4, 1780 Date of Death: September 20, 1803 Nationality: Irish Find on Amazon: Robert Emmet Related Authors: Malcolm X Noam Chomsky Saul Alinsky Florence Nightingale Rosa Parks Gloria Steinem Germaine Greer Harriet Tubman Susan B. Anthony	A man in my situation, my lords, has not only to encounter the difficulties of fortune. and the force of power over minds which it has corrupted or subjugated. but the difficulties of established prejudice: the man dies, but his memory lives. Robert Emmet I have much to say why my reputation should be rescued from the load of false accusation and calumny which has been heaped upon it. Robert Emmet Let no man write my epitaph... When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then shall my character be vindicated, then may my epitaph be written. Robert Emmet Let there be no inscription upon my tomb; let no man write my epitaph: no man can write my epitaph. Robert Emmet