 No man who is honest can doubt the single-minded desire of myself and men like me to do what is right for Ireland.And when it comes to the question -- as it may come – of asking young Irishmen to go abroad and fight this battle, when I personally am convinced that the battle of Ireland is to be fought where many Irishmen now are – in Flanders and in France – old as I am, and grey as are my hairs, I will say ‘Don’t go, but come with me” ".He felt that he might serve Ireland best in the firing line – “if Germany wins we are all endangered”.