Humanity abhors, above all things, a vacuum in itself, and your class will be cut off from humanity as the surgeon cuts the cancer and alien growth from the body.

The men whose manhood you have broken will loathe you, and will always be brooding and scheming to strike a fresh blow.

There must be freedom for all to live, to think, to worship, no book, no avenue must be closed.

The best thanks we could offer those who went before and raised the Irish working class from their knees was to press forward with determination and enthusiasm towards the ultimate goal of their efforts, a Co-operative Commonwealth for Ireland.

We make mistakes, we have our faults, and God knows some of us have more than our share, but when danger threatens and duty calls, we go smiling to our own funeral.

Comrades - We are living in momentous times!

The land of Ireland for the people of Ireland