"Yes, friends, governments in capitalist society are but……" — James Connolly
"Yes, friends, governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class."
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James Connolly
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29 Quotes by James Connolly
James Connolly has 29 quotes on this site.
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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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Such a scheme.. the betrayal of the national democracy of Industrial Ulster, would mean a carnival of reaction both North…
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We who hold his (Wolfe Tone) principles believe that any movement which would successfully grapple with the problem of national…
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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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The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service.
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Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
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I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect…
— Roger Bannister
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all…
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Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one…
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I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
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A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.
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Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they…
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