“'If we win the Welsh Heartland, then we win Wales; if we lose the Welsh Heartland, it is not Wales that we win.”

— Owain Owain

Y Cymro, 12/11/1964
Source: http://owainowain.net/yllenor/yrysgrif/ysgrifaucynnar/ysgrifaucynnar.htm#Y%20DYSTIOLAETH%20BRYDEINIG Y Cymro, 12/11/1964; republished in Bara Brith

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Enillwn y Fro Gymraeg, ac fe enillir Cymru, ac oni enillir y Fro Gymraeg, nid Cymru a enillir.'

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