I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death; a country whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies - whose factions I sought to quell - whose intelligence I prompted to a lofty aim - whose freedom has been my fatal dream.

Great interests demand great safeguards.

A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up a great nation.

I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death; a country whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies - whose factions I sought to quell - whose intelligence I prompted to a lofty aim - whose freedom has been my fatal dream.

The treason of which I stand convicted loses all its guilt, has been sanctified as a duty, and will be ennobled as a sacrifice.

The prosperity of a nation requires the protection of a senate. Hereafter a national senate may require the protection of a national army.

The dependence of one people upon another, even for the benefits of legislation, is the deepest source of national weakness.

Judged by the law of England, I know this crime entails upon me the penalty of death; but the history of Ireland explains that crime and justifies it.

I have done what I felt to be my duty.

A jury of my countrymen, it is true, have found me guilty of the crime of which I stood indicted. For this I entertain not the slightest feeling of resentment towards them.

Great interests demand great safeguards.

I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death; a country whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies - whose factions I sought to quell - whose intelligence I prompted to a lofty aim - whose freedom has been my fatal dream.

A man who's never seen war is like a woman who's never given birth - soft in the head.

Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth - look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.

'Victoria Para Chino,' my 2nd-year film at NYU, gave birth to 'Sin Nombre.'

A successful birth is not a birth without drugs or monitors or surgery. A successful birth is when you're alive and the baby's alive.

About 3 million IVF babies have been born since Louise Brown's birth in 1978. Bizarrely, when this life-giving treatment was first considered, it was massively controversial. A storm of vitriolic protest came from many religious leaders, journalists, politicians, regrettably even other scientists and doctors.

After momma gave birth to 12 of us kids, we put her up on a pedestal. It was mostly to keep Daddy away from her.

Already at the time of Israel's birth, Ben-Gurion extended his hand in peace to the Arab nations. His hand was rejected, but it remains extended.

An album is like a child and after a while I was ready to give birth!

Birth is a beautiful thing.

Birth is violent, and out of that violence is our only chance of rebirth.

By birth and upbringing, I think I'm emotionally resilient. I don't feel like I'm a depressive person.

By its birth, and for all time, Christianity is pledged to the Cross and dominated by the sign of the Cross. It cannot remain its own self except by identifying itself ever more intensely with the essence of the Cross.

Close to birth... I lost, like, 80 percent of my hearing, and I had difficulty speaking.

Doctors are not fortune tellers, and neither am I. Having lived with disability since birth does not afford me immunity from illness.

Early childhood education begins early, even before birth.

Emotionally, a person is tied to the land of his birth. It's only human.

Even if you are planning a birth with an epidural, the evidence suggests that a doula can help make things go much more smoothly.

For me, breastfeeding was even more painful than giving birth. And despite a lactation consultant, I felt incompetent. I forged on, barely sleeping, always either breastfeeding or pumping and never getting the hang of it.

God is the most ancient of all things, for he had no birth.

Great dangers give birth to great resolutions.

Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth were slaves by birth, freedom fighters by temperament.

I believe that birth control is just like every other medication even though it's a controlled substance.

I can't stand small babies. I would rather give birth to a kitten or a colt... a little pony.

I do believe at some point in time everyone will be genotyped at birth.

I do not support legislation that would ban birth control.

I don't believe in birth control.

I felt giving birth was the most creative act of all my creative acts - literally creation!

I have been vain since birth.

I love traveling, but I love the bum I married, and the bums I gave birth to, more. And the dogs. I love them, too.

I was born and raised in Zambia in 1969. At the time of my birth, blacks were not issued birth certificates, and that law only changed in 1973.

I was fortunate enough to be an American citizen by birth and I have the birth certificate to prove it.

I went to regular schools and I was home schooled a lot but I don't have any history in schools. Like, I literally don't exist. I didn't even get a birth certificate until the mid-80s. I always feel like I could be, like, 10 years younger, or maybe I'm 70!

I'm 100 percent Irish by birth, grew up Italian, and yet I constantly get cast as playing Jewish.

I'm American by birth, but I consider myself Canadian.

I'm a science fiction geek from birth - that's just who I am.

I'm certainly not squeamish at all. The countryside makes you very aware of birth and death.

I'm not sure filming a birth is as hard as actual labour, but it's a really long, arduous day!