Constance Markievicz Quotes

Ireland, Politician
February 4, 1868 – July, 15, 1927.

Constance Georgine Markievicz, known as Countess Markievicz , was an Irish politician, revolutionary, nationalist, suffragist and socialist who served as Minister for Labour from 1919 to 1922. She served as a Teachta Dála for the Dublin South constituency from 1921 to 1922 and 1923 to 1927. She was a Member of Parliament for Dublin St Patrick's from 1918 to 1922.

I have always hated war and am by nature and philosophy a pacifist, but it is the English who are forcing war on us, and the first principle of war is to kill the enemy.

Constance Markievicz
- Women
- War
- Enemy
Dress suitably in short skirts and sitting boots, leave your jewels and gold wands in the bank, and buy a revolver.

Constance Markievicz
- Women
- Gold
- Dresses

But while Ireland is not free I remain a rebel, unconverted and unconvertible. There is no word strong enough for it. I am pledged as a rebel, an unconvertible rebel, to the one thing - a free and independent Republic.

Constance Markievicz