We believe in constitutional action in normal times; we believe in revolutionary action in exceptional times. James Connolly More Quotes by James Connolly More Quotes From James Connolly The cause of Labour is the cause of Ireland, and the cause of Ireland is the cause of Labour James Connolly ireland labour causes Only the Irish working class remains as the incorruptible inheritors of the fight for freedom in Ireland. James Connolly republican fighting class There can be no perfect Europe in which Ireland is denied even the least of its national rights. James Connolly rights perfect europe All these mountains of Irish dead, all these corpses mangled beyond recognition, all these arms, legs, eyes, ears, fingers, toes, hands, all these shivering putrefying bodies and portions of bodies once warm living and tender parts of Irish men and youths - all these horrors in Flanders or the Gallipoli Peninsula, are all items in the price Ireland pays for being part of the British Empire. James Connolly eye men hands 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. James Connolly catholic done years We who hold his (Wolfe Tone) principles believe that any movement which would successfully grapple with the problem of national freedom must draw its inspiration not from the mouldering records of the past, but from the glowing hopes of the living present, the vast possibilities of the mighty future. James Connolly inspiration believe past Such a scheme.. the betrayal of the national democracy of Industrial Ulster, would mean a carnival of reaction both North and South, would set back the wheels of progress, would destroy the oncoming unity of the Irish labour movement and paralyse all advanced movements while it lasted. James Connolly betrayal labour-movement mean 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. James Connolly sweatshops orange home I can always guarantee that the Irish Citizen Army will fight but I cannot guarantee that it will be on time James Connolly guarantees-that army fighting Without the power of the Industrial Union behind it, Democracy can only enter the State as the victim enters the gullet of the Serpent. James Connolly unions democracy victim Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national literature cannot rise above the moral level of the social conditions of the people from whom it derives its inspiration. James Connolly inspiration literature people If you remove the English army to-morrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle, unless you set about the organisation of the Socialist Republic your efforts would be in vain. James Connolly flags effort army The Irishman in English literature may be said to have been born with an apology in his mouth. James Connolly apology literature mouths
