James Connolly Quotes

The Irishman in English literature may be said to have been born with an apology in his mouth.

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

Irish tory employers hid[e] their sweatshops behind orange flags, and Irish home rule landlords us[e] the green sunburst of Erin to cloak their rack-renting in the festering slums of our Irish towns.

Though I have usually posed as a Catholic, I have not done my duty for 15 years, and have not the slightest tincture of faith left.

There can be no perfect Europe in which Ireland is denied even the least of its national rights.

Without the power of the Industrial Union behind it, Democracy can only enter the State as the victim enters the gullet of the Serpent.

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

The cause of Labour is the cause of Ireland, and the cause of Ireland is the cause of Labour

No revolutionary movement is complete without its poetical expression.

Yes, ruling by fooling, is a great British art with great Irish fools to practice on.

The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is the slave of that slave.

Apostles of Freedom are ever idolised when dead, but crucified when alive.

We believe in constitutional action in normal times; we believe in revolutionary action in exceptional times.

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

The great appear great to us.

Yes, friends, governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class.

The Irish people will only be free, when they own everything from the plough to the stars