Under a socialist system every nation will be the supreme arbiter of its own destinies, national and international; will be forced into no alliance against its will, but will have its independence guaranteed and its freedom respected by the enlightened self-interest of the socialist democracy of the world.
James ConnollyThe Irishman in English literature may be said to have been born with an apology in his mouth.
James ConnollyHowever it may be for others, for us of the Citizen Army there is but one ideal - an Ireland ruled, and owned, by Irish men and women, sovereign and independent from the centre to the sea, and flying its own flag outward over all the oceans.
James ConnollyYes, ruling by fooling, is a great British art with great Irish fools to practice on.
James Connolly