He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.

—Brendan Behan

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Brendan Francis Aidan Behan (christened Francis Behan) ( BEE-ən; Irish: Breandán Ó Beacháin; 9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican, an activist who wrote in both English and Irish. His widely acknowledged alcohol dependence, despite attempts to treat...

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When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.

—Brendan Behan

If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.

—Brendan Behan

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This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,—
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.

—William Shakespeare

This England never did, nor never shall,
Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror.

—William Shakespeare

We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language.

The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.

—George Bernard Shaw

We don't bother much about dress and manners in England, because as a nation we don't dress well and we've no manners.

—George Bernard Shaw

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