"Ireland, as distinct from her people, is nothing……" — James Connolly
"Ireland, as distinct from her people, is nothing to me; and the man who is bubbling over with love and enthusiasm for "Ireland," and can yet pass unmoved through our streets and witness all the wrong and the suffering, shame and degradation wrought upon the people of Ireland-yea, wrought by Irishmen upon Irish men and women, without burning to end it, is, in my opinion, a fraud and a liar in his heart, no matter how he loves that combination of chemical elements he is pleased to call Ireland."
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James Connolly
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29 Quotes by James Connolly
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Yes, friends, governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class.
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Such a scheme.. the betrayal of the national democracy of Industrial Ulster, would mean a carnival of reaction both North…
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Only the Irish working class remains as the incorruptible inheritors of the fight for freedom in Ireland.
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All these mountains of Irish dead, all these corpses mangled beyond recognition, all these arms, legs, eyes, ears, fingers, toes,…
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Yes, ruling by fooling, is a great British art with great Irish fools to practice on.
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The Irish Republic must be made a word to conjure with - a rallying point for the disaffected, a haven…
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Apostles of Freedom are ever idolised when dead, but crucified when alive.
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No revolutionary movement is complete without its poetical expression.
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The cause of Labour is the cause of Ireland, and the cause of Ireland is the cause of Labour
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