Terence MacSwiney quotes

Terence MacSwiney quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“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 straight forward course to follow and that course must be found and followed without swerving to the end.”
-- Terence MacSwiney

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“Security wins many battles but loses the security war. We are definitely going backwards in computer security.”
“The women has her own battlefield with every child she brings into the world she fights a battle for the nation”
“Nothing really worth having is easy to get. The hard-fought battles, the goals won with sacrifice, are the ones that matter.”
“You're my present and my future Sadie, I will use whatever power I have to make you happy.”
“I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It's a different driver, this is exactly what's happening to the cabinet.”
“Every time Paul and Gene use my makeup, they have to pay me a royalty check. I think they changed the makeup so they didn't have to pay me.”

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“You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you get so you can navigate society.”
“If we accept the notion that terrorists will have immunity because as they fire on civilians they hide behind civilians, then this tactic will be legitimized and the terrorists will have their greatest victory.”
“Silence is the best tactic for he who distrusts himself.”
“Good tactics can save even the worst strategy. Bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy.”

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