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
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
There can be no perfect Europe in which Ireland is denied even the least of its national rights. – James Connolly
The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is the slave of that slave. – James Connolly
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst! – James Connolly
