Anglo Irish Treaty Quotes

The Treaty is already vindicating itself. The English Die-hards said to Mr. Lloyd George and his Cabinet: ‘You have surrendered’. Our own Die-hards said to us: ‘You have surrendered’. There is a simple test. Those who are left in possession of the battlefield have won.

with this depiction of Ireland as Britain’s back door. English concerns about its vulnerable western flank had dominated Anglo-Irish relations for centuries – the Act of Union was essentially a defensive move – and it was inconceivable to the British negotiators