The Irish people will only be free, when they own everything from the plough to the stars
James ConnollyThe Irishman in English literature may be said to have been born with an apology in his mouth.
James ConnollyWithout the power of the Industrial Union behind it, Democracy can only enter the State as the victim enters the gullet of the Serpent.
James ConnollyState 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 - but the ownership by the State of all the land and materials for labour, combined with the co-operative control by the workers of such land and materials, would be Socialism.
James Connolly