On being told that he was seven minutes late for the transfer of power by British troops:

We've been waiting seven hundred years, you can have the seven minutes.


Earliest attribution found in: Michael Collins (1990) by Tim Pat Coogan

Michael Collins Quotes

We've been waiting seven hundred years, you can have the seven minutes.

We've been waiting seven hundred years, you can have the seven minutes.

We've been waiting seven hundred years, you can have the seven minutes.

We've been waiting seven hundred years, you can have the seven minutes.