"I am (even after all the torture) amazed at British logic. Never in eight centuries have they succeeded in breaking the spirit of one man who refused to be broken. They have not dispirited, conquered, nor demoralised my people, nor will they ever."
Bobby Sands was an Irish republican activist and member of the Provisional IRA who became internationally known during the 1981 hunger strike. He was elected as a Member of Parliament during the strike and died in prison.