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> [There can be no perfect Europe in which Ireland is denied even the least of its national rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-connolly/there-can-be-no-perfect-europe-in-which-ireland-is-denied-even-the/)

[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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