| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 21578 |
| QUOTATION: | Let no man write my epitaph; for as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them rest in obscurity and peace! Let my memory be left in oblivion, my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times and other men can do justice to my character. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Robert Emmet (1778–1803), Irish patriot. Speech, September 19, 1803, from the dock on the eve of his execution.
Following his abortive uprising against British rule. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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