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

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

Whenever the clergy succeeded in conquering political power in any country, the result has been disastrous to the interests of religion and inimical to the progress of humanity.

The Irish Republic must be made a word to conjure with - a rallying point for the disaffected, a haven for the oppressed, a point of departure for the socialist, enthusiastic in the cause of human freedom.

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

We, at least, are not loyal men: we confess to having more respect and honour for the raggedest child of the poorest labourer in Ireland today than for any, even the most virtuous, descendant of the long array of murderers, adulterers and madmen who have sat upon the throne of England.