Austin O'Malley Quotes
You cannot knock a man down who will not stand up, nor argue with a skeptic.
O'Malley, Austin. Keystones of Thought. Devin-Adair Company, 1914.
Ibarruri is thought to have originated this slogan, in the context of the Spanish Civil War, during a radio speech to Madrid in 1936 when he declared, “Fascism will not pass, the executioners of October will not pass.” For use in a different context see Petain {46976}
Referring to his refusal to resign amidst accusations of impropriety:
On his trip to Germany, Reagan was invited to lay a memorial wreath at the German military cemetery in Bitberg. His staff assistant Michael Deaver had set the trip up but did not know that German Waffen SS Officers were also buried at the cemetery along with the far more numerous Wehrmacht. American Jews and Veterans Groups protested this honor to the SS murderers of millions of people including American prisoners of war. The proposed trip was covered very heavily by the press and editorials throughout the country called for the President to cancel the cemetery part of his trip. He did not. This quotation shows how symbols can take on a meaning that was never intended by the parties.
Austin O'Malley is a Gaelic footballer who plays for St Patrick's and the Wicklow county team. O'Malley won the Dublin Senior Football Championship with UCD in 2006. The Louisburgh native was involved in a transfer process which brought him to Dublin club St Vincent's. The story was leaked to Dublin newspaper, the Metro. Austin works as a teacher in St Benildus College, where he uses the strength and ambition that he gained from years on the training pitch to discipline and motivate the pupils. In 2011 he joined Wicklow town club St Patrick's and the Wicklow county team. In 2014 he transferred back to his native club Louisburgh in Co Mayo.
