Michael Collins Quotes

Harry Boland: Oh, did you hear there's a butterfly been seen in West Clair? Its wings are green, white, and yellow.
Michael Collins: Oh, God!
Harry Boland: The lads say it's a sign.
Michael Collins: Sign? My... **** it!
Harry Boland: I'm tellin' ya.
Michael Collins: You know the problem with butterflies?
Kitty Kiernan: What's that?
Michael Collins: They only last one day.
Harry Boland: Aye, but what a day, Mick!

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Michael Collins: There is one weapon that the British cannot take away from us: we can ignore them.

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Michael Collins: Give *us* the future, we've had enough of your past. Give us back our country, to live in , to grow in, to love.

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Soames: The problem with the Irish is that they'll sing at the drop of a hat, but ask them to talk and they won't.

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