47 Quotes by James Connolly

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

Don't be 'practical' in politics. To be practical in that sense means that you have schooled yourself to think along the lines, and in the grooves that those who rob you would desire you to think.

The british govt has no right in Ireland, never had any right in Ireland ,never can have any right in Ireland

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

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

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 great appear great to us…

If 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