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Boyle Roche

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Mr Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I will nip him in the bud.


— Boyle Roche


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We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech.


— Boyle Roche


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All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand.


— Boyle Roche


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Every pint bottle should contain a quart.


— Boyle Roche


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Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue.


— Boyle Roche


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How can I be in two places at once, unless I were a bird?


— Boyle Roche


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I answer in the affirmative with an emphatic "No."


— Boyle Roche


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Ireland and England are like two sisters; I would have them embrace like one brother.


— Boyle Roche


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The best way to avoid danger is to meet it plump.


— Boyle Roche


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The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full.


— Boyle Roche


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About Boyle Roche






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While arguing for a bill Roche once said "It would surely be better Mr. Speaker to give up not only a part but if necessary even the whole of our constitution to preserve the remainder!"
While these Irish bulls have led many writers to portray Roche as a buffoon other biographers have interpreted them not as blunders but as calculated attempts to disarm opposition to ministerial policies through humour. He chose not to attempt to enter the British House of Commons and retired on a government pension until his death married but childless in 1807.

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