We refuse to lie here in dishonor! We are not criminals, but Irishmen! This is the crime of which we stand accused.
"Robert Gerard" ""Bobby"" "Sands" was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who died on hunger strike while imprisoned at Maze (HM Prison)/HM Prison Maze.
He was the leader of the 1981 Irish hunger strike/1981 hunger strike in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. During his strike he was elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom/British Parliament as an Anti H-Block candidate. His death was followed by a new surge of Provisional IRA recruitment and activity. International media coverage brought attention to the hunger strikers, and the republican movement in general, attracting both praise and criticism.
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They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn't want to be broken.
We must see our present fight right through to the very end.
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. It is then that we will see the rising of the moon.
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.
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