All these mountains of Irish dead, all these corpses mangled beyond recognition, all these arms, legs, eyes, ears, fingers, toes, hands, all these shivering putrefying bodies and portions of bodies once warm living and tender parts of Irish men and youths - all these horrors in Flanders or the Gallipoli Peninsula, are all items in the price Ireland pays for being part of the British Empire.
James ConnollyI can always guarantee that the Irish Citizen Army will fight but I cannot guarantee that it will be on time
James ConnollyThe cause of Labour is the cause of Ireland, and the cause of Ireland is the cause of Labour
James ConnollyThe worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is the slave of that slave.
James ConnollyWe, 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.
James Connolly