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Michael Collins:
I would plead with every person here: Make me a scapegoat if you will, call me a traitor, if you will; But please, let's save the country. The alternative to this treaty is a war which no one in this room can even contemplate. If the price of peace, If the price of freedom is the blackening of my name, I would gladly pay it
I would plead with every person here: Make me a scapegoat if you will, call me a traitor, if you will; But please, let's save the country. The alternative to this treaty is a war which no one in this room can even contemplate. If the price of peace, If the price of freedom is the blackening of my name, I would gladly pay it
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I would plead with every person here
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Make me a scapegoat if you will Call me a traitor if you will
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But please let's save the country
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The alternative to this treaty is a war
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which nobody in this gathering can even contemplate
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If the price of freedom
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the price of peace is the blackening of my name
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I will gladly pay it
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Movie Summary
Neil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.
