"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 we'll see the rising of the moon."
— Bobby Sands

January 1, 1970

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PrisonersMembers of the Parliament of the United KingdomRevolutionariesIrish nationalistsIrish Republican Army members
Original Language: English

Sources

Diary entry, (17 March 1981), translated from the original Irish, in Skylark Sing your Lonely Song : An Anthology of the Writings of Bobby Sands (1991)