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We Refuse To Lie Here In Dishonor! We Are Not Criminals, But Irishmen! This Is The Crime Of Which We Stand Accused.

There Can Never Be Peace In Ireland Until The Foreign Oppressive British Presence Is Removed, Leaving All The Irish People As A Unit To Control Their Own Affairs And Determine Their Own Destinies As A Sovereign People, Free In Mind And Body, Separate And Distinct Physically, Culturally And Economically.

Our Revenge Will Be The Laughter Of Our Children.

Generations Will Continue To Meet The Same Fate Unless The Perennial Oppressor-britain-is Removed, For She Will Unashamedly And Mercilessly Continue To Maintain Her Occupation And Economic Exploitation Of Ireland To Judgment Day, If She Is Not Halted And Ejected.

Never Will They Label Our Liberation Struggle As Criminal