Bobby Sands
1954 - 1981
5
Quotes
Biography
Bobby Sands was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who became an iconic figure during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. He was born in 1954 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and grew up in a Catholic nationalist family. Sands was involved in the Irish republican movement and was imprisoned for firearms possession. While in prison, he led a hunger strike to protest the conditions and treatment of republican prisoners. Sands' hunger strike led to his death in 1981, sparking international attention and debate on the conflict in Northern Ireland.
Famous Quotes (5)
1
Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.
2
They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn't want to be broken.
3
I have the spirit of freedom and rest that I feel in my heart.
4
Everyone, republican or otherwise, has their own particular part to play. No part is too great or too small; no one is too old or too young to do something.
5
They won't break me because the desire for freedom, and the freedom of the Irish people, is in my heart. The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show.