Whenever the clergy succeeded in conquering political power in any country, the result has been disastrous to the interests of religion and inimical to the progress of humanity. — James Connolly Copy Share Image
The cause of Labour is the cause of Ireland, and the cause of Ireland is the cause of Labour — James Connolly Copy Share Image
The Irishman in English literature may be said to have been born with an apology in his mouth. — James Connolly Copy Share Image
The Irish Republic must be made a word to conjure with - a rallying point for the disaffected, a haven for the oppressed, a… — James Connolly Copy Share Image
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 command of the sheriff, will wear green uniforms and the Harp without the Crown, and the warrant turning you out… — James Connolly Copy Share
Such a scheme.. the betrayal of the national democracy of Industrial Ulster, would mean a carnival of reaction both North and South, would set… — James Connolly Copy Share Image
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you,… — James Connolly Copy Share Image
The Irishman frees himself from slavery when he realizes the truth that the capitalist system is the most foreign thing in Ireland. The Irish question is a social question. The whole age-long fight of the Irish people against their oppressors resolves itself in the last analysis into a fight for the mastery of the means of life, the sources of… — James Connolly Copy Share
However it may be for others, for us of the Citizen Army there is but one ideal - an Ireland ruled, and owned, by… — James Connolly Copy Share Image
We who hold his (Wolfe Tone) principles believe that any movement which would successfully grapple with the problem of national freedom must draw its… — James Connolly Copy Share Image
Without the power of the Industrial Union behind it, Democracy can only enter the State as the victim enters the gullet of the Serpent. — James Connolly Copy Share Image
Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national literature cannot rise above… — James Connolly Copy Share Image
Yes, friends, governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class. — James Connolly Copy Share Image
