The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is the slave of that slave.
James ConnollyYes, friends, governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class.
James ConnollyWe 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.
James ConnollyIrish tory employers hid[e] their sweatshops behind orange flags, and Irish home rule landlords us[e] the green sunburst of Erin to cloak their rack-renting in the festering slums of our Irish towns.
James Connolly