8 John Boyle O'Reilly Quotes for You to Enjoy

John Boyle O'Reilly

Irish Poet

Born: Jun 28, 1844

Died: Aug 10, 1890

Burden Free People Value Will Women

It has always been the aim of royalty and aristocracy to lower the individual liberty and independence of the common people. A baron and a minute-man could not breathe the same air. John Boyle O'Reilly

People Liberty Independence Aim Air Could Individual Individual Liberty Aristocracy Always Been Same Common Common People Breathe Lower Royalty

The right word fitly spoken is a precious rarity. John Boyle O'Reilly

Word Right Word Rarity Spoken Precious Right

Social equity is based on justice; politics change on the opinion of the time. The black man's skin will be a mark of social inferiority so long as white men are conceited, ignorant, unjust, and prejudiced. You cannot legislate these qualities out of the white - you must steal them out by teaching, illustration, and example. John Boyle O'Reilly

Politics Time You Man Justice Change Inferiority Will Black Men Example Long White Skin Illustration Unjust Mark Out Must Steal Conceited Qualities Opinion Equity Legislate Cannot Social Them Prejudiced Ignorant Teaching Based

All that is worth seeing in good boxing can best be witnessed in a contest with soft gloves. Every value is called out: quickness, force, precision, foresight, readiness, pluck, and endurance. With these, the rowdy and 'rough' are not satisfied. John Boyle O'Reilly

In 1889, I predict, the legislative stage of the Irish question will have arrived; and the union with England, which shall then have cursed Ireland for nine tenths of a century, will be repealed. John Boyle O'Reilly

Will Stage Predict Nine Nine-Tenths Shall Arrived Question Ireland Irish Legislative Cursed Which Century Then England Union

Woman suffrage is an unjust, unreasonable, unspiritual abnormality. It is a hard, undigested, tasteless, devitalized proposition. It is a half-fledged, unmusical, Promethean abomination. It is a quack bolus to reduce masculinity even by the obliteration of femininity. John Boyle O'Reilly

Woman Unjust Unreasonable Proposition Masculinity Reduce Femininity Hard Even Suffrage

Women ought to be fully guarded by law in all rights of property, labor, profession, etc.; but, roughly stated, the voting population ought to represent the fighting population. John Boyle O'Reilly

Property Rights Women Law Voting Fighting Guarded Ought Stated Labor Represent Etc Fully Profession Population Roughly