Editing Michael Collins (Irish leader) (section)

==Quotations==
"That volley which we have just heard is the only speech which it is proper to make over the grave of a dead [[Fenian]]." 
Said by Collins at the funeral of [[Thomas Ashe]] in Glasnevin Cemetery on 30 September 1917.<ref name="ReferenceB">[[The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations]]. 8th Edition. Page 231</ref>

"Think—what I have got for Ireland? Something which she has wanted these past 700 years. Will anyone be satisfied at the bargain? Will anyone? I tell you this—early this morning I signed my death warrant".
Written in a letter dated 6 December 1921 after the signing of the treaty that established the Irish Free State.<ref>"Michael Collins and the treaty: His differences with de Valera" (1981) chapter 4 by T.R. Dwyer.</ref><ref name="ReferenceB"/>

When an elder Sinn Fein veteran asked Collins: "Where were you in 1904 when I and others were founding the Sinn Fein movement?" He responded bluntly. "I was playing with marbles, damn you!"<ref>{{Cite book |last=O'Beirne Ranelagh |first=John |title=The Irish Republican Brotherhood 1914-1924 |date= 7 June 2024|publisher=Irish Academic Press |isbn=9781785374944 |location=Kildare |pages=161 |language=English}}</ref>

"We've been waiting 700 years, you can have the seven minutes".
Said by Collins on 16 January 1922 when arriving at Dublin Castle for the handover by British forces after being told that he was seven minutes late.<ref>"Michael Collins: A Biography" (1990) by [[Tim Pat Coogan]].</ref><ref name="ReferenceB"/>

"My own fellow countrymen won't kill me".
Said by Collins on 20 August 1922 before leaving for Cork where he was ambushed and killed.<ref>"Michael Collins: A Life" (1996) by [[James A. Mackay]].</ref><ref name="ReferenceB"/>