Why, if instead of being so strong, our last cartridge had been fired, our last shilling had been spent, and our last man were lying on the ground and his enemies howling round him and their bayonets raised, ready to plunge them into his body, that man should say—true to the traditions handed down—if they said to him: "Now, will you come into our Empire?"—he should say, and he would say: "No! I will not." That is the spirit that has lasted all through the centuries, and you people in favour of the Treaty know that the British Government and the British Empire will have gone down before that spirit dies out in Ireland. - Cathal Brugha speaking against the Treaty.
"Let no man dare, when I am dead. to charge me with dishonor; let no man attaint my memory by believing that I could have engaged in any cause but that of my country's liberty and independence, or that I could have become the pliant minion of power in the oppression or the miseries of my countrymen." - Robert Emmet 1803
"Of my death, tell them i have done my duty" - Henry Joy McCracken before being hanged 1798
“Our freedom must be had at all hazards. If the men of property will not help us they must fall; we will free ourselves by the aid of that large and respectable class of the community - the men of no property.” - Theobald Wolfe Tone 1798
"The cause of labour is the cause of Ireland, the cause of Ireland is the cause of labour." - James Connolly 1916
" The Irish people will only be free, when they own everything from the plough to the stars" - James Connolly
“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”. - James Connolly
" If you strike at , imprison , or kill us out of our prisons or graves we will evoke a spirit that will thwart you and perhaps raise a force that will destroy you ! We defy you! Do your worst!! " James Connolly.
"Yes, ruling by fooling, is a great British art with great Irish fools to practice on." - James Connolly From The Irish Worker, September 1914
"The Irish Republic must be made a word to conjure with – a rallying point for the disaffected, a haven for the oppressed, a point of departure for the socialist, enthusiastic in the cause of human freedom." James Connolly.
"The british govt has no right in Ireland, never had any right in Ireland ,never can have any right in Ireland " James Connolly.
"Apostles of Freedom are ever idolised when dead, but crucified when alive." - James Connolly
But while Ireland is not free I remain a rebel, unconverted and unconvertible. There is no word strong enough for it. I am pledged as a rebel, an unconvertible rebel, to the one thing – a free and independent Republic. - Constance markievicz 1921
"I want no mercy -I'll have no mercy . . .I'll die as many thousands have died, for the sake of their beloved land and in defence of it. I will die proudly and triumphantly, in defence of republican principals and the liberty of an oppressed people" - William Allen, 1867.
"All men are born with equal rights, and in associating together to protect one another and share public burdens, justice demands that such associations should rest upon a basis which maintains equality instead of destroying it. We therefore declare that, unable longer to endure the curse of monarchical government, we aim at founding a republic, based on universal suffrage, which shall secure to all the intrinsic value of their labour.” The Fenians, Irish Republic - Proclamation! The Irish People to the World, 1867.
"I have nothing to regret, to retract or take back . . . I can only say; God Save Ireland!" - Edward Condon, 1867.
"Every individual born on Irish soil constitutes . . . a unit of that nation without reference to race or religious belief" - John O'Mahony
"Our revenge will be the laughter of our children" - Oglach Bobby Sands 1981
"Years From Now They Will Ask You Where when Your Comrades Were Dying On Hungerstrike. Shall You Say You were With Us Or Shall You Say That You Were Conforming To The Very System That Drove Us To Our Deaths" - Oglach Patsy O Hara 1981
"Let no man dare, when I am dead. to charge me with dishonor; let no man attaint my memory by believing that I could have engaged in any cause but that of my country's liberty and independence, or that I could have become the pliant minion of power in the oppression or the miseries of my countrymen." - Robert Emmet 1803
"Of my death, tell them i have done my duty" - Henry Joy McCracken before being hanged 1798
“Our freedom must be had at all hazards. If the men of property will not help us they must fall; we will free ourselves by the aid of that large and respectable class of the community - the men of no property.” - Theobald Wolfe Tone 1798
"The cause of labour is the cause of Ireland, the cause of Ireland is the cause of labour." - James Connolly 1916
" The Irish people will only be free, when they own everything from the plough to the stars" - James Connolly
“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”. - James Connolly
" If you strike at , imprison , or kill us out of our prisons or graves we will evoke a spirit that will thwart you and perhaps raise a force that will destroy you ! We defy you! Do your worst!! " James Connolly.
"Yes, ruling by fooling, is a great British art with great Irish fools to practice on." - James Connolly From The Irish Worker, September 1914
"The Irish Republic must be made a word to conjure with – a rallying point for the disaffected, a haven for the oppressed, a point of departure for the socialist, enthusiastic in the cause of human freedom." James Connolly.
"The british govt has no right in Ireland, never had any right in Ireland ,never can have any right in Ireland " James Connolly.
"Apostles of Freedom are ever idolised when dead, but crucified when alive." - James Connolly
But while Ireland is not free I remain a rebel, unconverted and unconvertible. There is no word strong enough for it. I am pledged as a rebel, an unconvertible rebel, to the one thing – a free and independent Republic. - Constance markievicz 1921
"I want no mercy -I'll have no mercy . . .I'll die as many thousands have died, for the sake of their beloved land and in defence of it. I will die proudly and triumphantly, in defence of republican principals and the liberty of an oppressed people" - William Allen, 1867.
"All men are born with equal rights, and in associating together to protect one another and share public burdens, justice demands that such associations should rest upon a basis which maintains equality instead of destroying it. We therefore declare that, unable longer to endure the curse of monarchical government, we aim at founding a republic, based on universal suffrage, which shall secure to all the intrinsic value of their labour.” The Fenians, Irish Republic - Proclamation! The Irish People to the World, 1867.
"I have nothing to regret, to retract or take back . . . I can only say; God Save Ireland!" - Edward Condon, 1867.
"Every individual born on Irish soil constitutes . . . a unit of that nation without reference to race or religious belief" - John O'Mahony
"Our revenge will be the laughter of our children" - Oglach Bobby Sands 1981
"Years From Now They Will Ask You Where when Your Comrades Were Dying On Hungerstrike. Shall You Say You were With Us Or Shall You Say That You Were Conforming To The Very System That Drove Us To Our Deaths" - Oglach Patsy O Hara 1981
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