"We who hold his (Wolfe Tone) principles believe……" — 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 inspiration not from the mouldering records of the past, but from the glowing hopes of the living present, the vast possibilities of the mighty future."
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James Connolly
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29 Quotes by James Connolly
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Ireland, as distinct from her people, is nothing to me; and the man who is bubbling over with love and…
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I am out of money,we are all out of money,but we dont need money down here- Dont need anything but…
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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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State ownership and control is not necessarily Socialism - if it were, then the Army, the Navy, the Police, the…
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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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