“England's difficulty is not Ulster's opportunity. However we are treated, and however others act, let us act rightly. We do not seek to purchase terms by selling our patriotism.”

— Edward Carson, Baron Carson

Speech to delegates of the Ulster Unionist Council in Belfast, 3 September 1914.

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