Yes, ruling by fooling, is a great British art with great Irish fools to practice on.

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

Apostles of Freedom are ever idolised when dead, but crucified when alive.

Only the Irish working class remains as the incorruptible inheritors of the fight for freedom in Ireland.

Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national literature cannot rise above the moral level of the social conditions of the people from whom it derives its inspiration.

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

The cause of Labour is the cause of Ireland, and the cause of Ireland is the cause of Labour