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We were elected by the people of Ireland...
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We were elected by the people.
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Did they think we were liars when we
meant to uphold the Irish Republic?
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The letters preceding the negotiations...
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...not once demanded recognition
of the Irish Republic!
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We knew it would have been refused!
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So Mr. Collins is asking us...
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...to accept an oath of allegiance
to a foreign king...
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...and the partition...
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...and the partition of the northern part
of the country!
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Mr. Collins,
the man who won the recent war...
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...has himself described the treaty...
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...as a steppingstone toward
the ultimate freedom!
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Mr. Griffith has described Mr. Collins
as the man who won the war!
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Point of order, Mr. Chairman.
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Are we discussing the treaty or myself?
:23:23
The minister does not like what I say!
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Anything about me, say it!
:23:27
Mr. Collins, your position in the army...
:23:30
...was as chief of one subsection.
:23:36
Nobody sought notoriety except you!
:23:38
Come on, Cathal!
:23:40
One person was held up by the press...
:23:44
...and put into a position he never held.
:23:47
He was made a romantic figure...
:23:52
...a mystical character...
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...which he certainly is not!
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The person I refer to is Michael Collins!