The Irishman in English literature may be said to have been born with an apology in his mouth.

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.

We believe in constitutional action in normal times; we believe in revolutionary action in exceptional times.

The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is the slave of that slave.

The British Government has no right in Ireland, never had any right in Ireland, and never can have any right in Ireland.

If you remove the English Army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle., unless you set about the organization of the Socialist Republic your efforts will be in vain. England will still rule you. She would rule you through her capitalists, through her landlords, through her financiers, through the whole array of commercial and individualist institutions she has planted in this country and watered with the tears of our mothers and the blood of our martyrs

I can always guarantee that the Irish Citizen Army will fight but I cannot guarantee that it will be on time