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

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

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

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.

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.

The British Government has no right in Ireland, never had any right in Ireland, and never can have any right 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.