I would not have taken off my coat and gone to work had I not known that we were laying the foundations by this movement for the recovery of our legislative independence. (Charles Stewart Parnell)

I would not have taken off my coat and gone to work had I not known that we were laying the foundations by this movement for the recovery of our legislative independence.

Charles Stewart Parnell

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