"In 35 years of armed struggle, the membership of the IRA never let the leadership down once. What happened from 1994 onwards was a failure of leadership not a failure of the IRA."
Óglach Tony 'TC' Catney
"The Republic stands for truth and honour. For all that is noblest in our race. By truth and honour, principle and sacrifice alone will Ireland be free."
Commandant General Liam Mellows
"From I was 15 until 65 I was in some way involved. I have had plenty of time since to think if I was right or wrong. I regret nothing!"
Óglach Billy McKee, Briogáid Bhéal Feirste, Óglaigh na hÉireann.
"The only way to avoid being labelled a dissident it seems is to accept the status quo, but then that would leave us in a position of no longer being Republicans. Just as the British would love."
An Dorcha
"I believe and stand by the God-given right of the Irish nation to sovereign independence, and the right of any Irishman or woman to assert this right in armed revolution. That is why I am incarcerated, naked and tortured."
Óglach Bobby Sands
"No treaty which places a nation’s body and soul in the power of another nation, no treaty which abnegates a nation’s nationhood, is binding on that nation, any more than a contract of perpetual slavery is binding on an individual."
Pádraig Mac Piarais