Ireland, 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 ConnollyYes, friends, governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class.
James ConnollyThe cause of Labour is the cause of Ireland, and the cause of Ireland is the cause of Labour
James ConnollyOnly the Irish working class remains as the incorruptible inheritors of the fight for freedom in Ireland.
James Connolly