Only the Irish working class remains as the incorruptible inheritors of the fight for freedom in Ireland.
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 ConnollyYes, friends, governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class.
James ConnollyIreland, 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.
James ConnollyIf 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
James Connolly