If you remove the English army to-morrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle, unless you set about the organisation of the Socialist Republic your efforts would be in vain. — James Connolly Copy Share Image
State ownership and control is not necessarily Socialism - if it were, then the Army, the Navy, the Police, the Judges, the Gaolers, the Informers, and the Hangmen, all would all be Socialist functionaries, as they are State officials -… — 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… — James Connolly Copy Share Image
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… — James Connolly Copy Share Image
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
