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> [The Irish Republic must be made a word to conjure with - a rallying point for the disaffected, a haven for the oppressed, a point of departure for the socialist, enthusiastic in the cause of human freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-connolly/the-irish-republic-must-be-made-a-word-to-conjure-with-a-rallying/)

[James Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-connolly/)

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> [Whoop it up for liberty! After Ireland is free, says the patriot who won't touch socialism, we will protect all classes, and if you won't pay your rent you will be evicted same as now. But the evicting party, under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-connolly/whoop-it-up-for-liberty-after-ireland-is-free-says-the-patriot-who/)

[James Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-connolly/)

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## More by James Connolly

> [The cause of Labour is the cause of Ireland, and the cause of Ireland is the cause of Labour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-connolly/the-cause-of-labour-is-the-cause-of-ireland-and-the-cause-of-ireland/)

[James Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-connolly/)

> [The Irishman in English literature may be said to have been born with an apology in his mouth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-connolly/the-irishman-in-english-literature-may-be-said-to-have-been-born-with/)

[James Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-connolly/)

> [The Irish Republic must be made a word to conjure with - a rallying point for the disaffected, a haven for the oppressed, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-connolly/the-irish-republic-must-be-made-a-word-to-conjure-with-a-rallying/)

[James Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-connolly/)

> [Whoop it up for liberty! After Ireland is free, says the patriot who won't touch socialism, we will protect all classes, and if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-connolly/whoop-it-up-for-liberty-after-ireland-is-free-says-the-patriot-who/)

[James Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-connolly/)

> [Such a scheme.. the betrayal of the national democracy of Industrial Ulster, would mean a carnival of reaction both North and South, would set…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-connolly/such-a-scheme-the-betrayal-of-the-national-democracy-of-industrial/)

[James Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-connolly/)

> [If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-connolly/if-you-strike-at-imprison-or-kill-us-out-of-our-prisons-or-graves-we/)

[James Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-connolly/)

> [The Irishman frees himself from slavery when he realizes the truth that the capitalist system is the most foreign thing in Ireland. The Irish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-connolly/the-irishman-frees-himself-from-slavery-when-he-realizes-the-truth/)

[James Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-connolly/)

> [However it may be for others, for us of the Citizen Army there is but one ideal - an Ireland ruled, and owned, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-connolly/however-it-may-be-for-others-for-us-of-the-citizen-army-there-is-but/)

[James Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-connolly/)

> [We who hold his (Wolfe Tone) principles believe that any movement which would successfully grapple with the problem of national freedom must draw its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-connolly/we-who-hold-his-wolfe-tone-principles-believe-that-any-movement-which/)

[James Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-connolly/)

> [Without the power of the Industrial Union behind it, Democracy can only enter the State as the victim enters the gullet of the Serpent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-connolly/without-the-power-of-the-industrial-union-behind-it-democracy-can/)

[James Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-connolly/)

> [Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national literature cannot rise above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-connolly/just-as-it-is-true-that-a-stream-cannot-rise-above-its-source-so-it/)

[James Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-connolly/)

> [Yes, friends, governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-connolly/yes-friends-governments-in-capitalist-society-are-but-committees-of/)

[James Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-connolly/)

> [ Irish tory employers hid\[e\] their sweatshops behind orange flags, and Irish home rule landlords us\[e\] the green sunburst of Erin to cloak their rack-renting… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-connolly/irish-tory-employers-hid-e-their-sweatshops-behind-orange-flags-and/)

[James Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-connolly/)

> [All these mountains of Irish dead, all these corpses mangled beyond recognition, all these arms, legs, eyes, ears, fingers, toes, hands, all these shivering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-connolly/all-these-mountains-of-irish-dead-all-these-corpses-mangled-beyond/)

[James Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-connolly/)

> [Under a socialist system every nation will be the supreme arbiter of its own destinies, national and international; will be forced into no alliance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-connolly/under-a-socialist-system-every-nation-will-be-the-supreme-arbiter-of/)

[James Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-connolly/)

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