Michael Collins - Treaty Debates

Words spoken by Michael Collins during the Treaty Debates on the 19th December 1921.

"I, as an individual, do not now, no more than ever, shirk war. The Treaty was signed by me, not because they [British Government] held up the alternative of immediate war. I signed it because I would not be one of those to commit the Irish people to war without the Irish people committing themselves to war. If my constituents send me to represent them in war, I will do my best to represent them in war."