The Irish people will only be free, when they own everything from the plough to the stars
James ConnollyYes, ruling by fooling, is a great British art with great Irish fools to practice on.
James ConnollyI can always guarantee that the Irish Citizen Army will fight but I cannot guarantee that it will be on time
James ConnollyThe British Government has no right in Ireland, never had any right in Ireland, and never can have any right in Ireland.
James ConnollyThe Irishman in English literature may be said to have been born with an apology in his mouth.
James ConnollyIf you remove the English Army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle., unless you set about the organization of the Socialist Republic your efforts will be in vain. England will still rule you. She would rule you through her capitalists, through her landlords, through her financiers, through the whole array of commercial and individualist institutions she has planted in this country and watered with the tears of our mothers and the blood of our martyrs
James Connolly