James Connolly

“No revolutionary movement is complete without its poetical expression.”

“For our demands most moderate are, We only want the earth.”

“Ireland, as distinct from her people, is nothing to me.”

“Believing that the British Government has no right in Ireland, never had any right in Ireland, and never can have any right in Ireland... makes that Government for ever a usurpation and a crime against human progress.”

“We are out for Ireland for the Irish. But who are the Irish? Not the rack-renting, slum-owning landlord... but the Irish working class.”

“The great only appear great because we are on our knees. Let us rise.”

“If you remove the English army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle, unless you set about the organization of the Socialist Republic your efforts will be in vain.”

“The cause of labour is the cause of Ireland, the cause of Ireland is the cause of labour.”

“Apostles of Freedom are ever idolised when dead, but crucified when living.”

“The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is the slave of that slave.”

“Governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class.”

“The day has passed for patching up the capitalist system; it must go.”