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"The greatest crime is to have a great deal of money and spend it all on just oneself."
"There can be no real freedom without the freedom to think, and no real freedom to think without the freedom to speak."
"The cause of labor is the cause of all humanity."
"We believe in the revolution. We believe that it must be brought about by the conscious and intelligent action of the workers themselves."
"If you remove the president from the presidency, become an emperor, you cannot control the workers' movement."
"The power of the state is the power of the bourgeoisie, and the bourgeoisie is the real enemy of the working class."
"The Irish revolution must be a socialist revolution or it will fail."
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"To be a revolutionary, one must have a love of the people, a love for the downtrodden."
"National independence is nothing but a shadow unless we have the means to achieve our freedom."
"The brutal conditions of the working class are not accidental, they are essential to capitalism."
"Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred towards any of my fellow men."
"Socialism means that every member of society shall have an equal chance of enjoying the products of the great collective labor."
"The hope of the race and of the future lies in the youth of the world."
"The task of the present is to teach the lessons of the past."
"A revolution is not a bed of roses. It is a battle between the future and the past."
"The labor of our hands and the labor of our brains is that which has created wealth."
"Our demands most modest are, We only want the earth."
"We are all, in some way, connected by the joy and suffering of existence."
"History cannot be removed from the moment; it is the struggle of men that informs it."
"We stand in the shadow of the past, but our eyes are fixed firmly on the future."
"In the working-class, I see the hope of the nation."
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"We learn from history that we do not learn from history."
"The international brotherhood of man is the great future."
"A people without a purpose is a people without a future."
"It is not enough to be aware of social issues; one has to act on them."
"The greatest crime is to be born a slave."
"The worker must be a revolutionary if he is to be a man."
"It is the cause of Labour which is the cause of Ireland."
"We only hold the land in trust for those who come after us."
"The Irish revolution will not be completed until every man has a job and every woman a home."
"To be a revolutionary, you have to be prepared to be despised and mocked."
"There can be no freedom if the liberty of the poorest is not secured."
"The aim of socialism is to redistribute wealth, not to destroy it."
"The union of the Irish people is essential for the liberation of the Irish nation."
"Freedom is the right of every man, and in particular of the man who suffers."
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"A revolution is not an event, but a process."
"If you are to stand for something, you must be prepared to fight for it."
"The most powerful weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed."
"We are in this struggle together, and we must fight together."
"You cannot change the world by just hoping for it."
"Nationalism cannot be divorced from socialism."
"The goal of a true revolutionary is to create conditions for freedom."
"The fate of Ireland is the fate of the working class."
"In our day, the worker is the chief citizen of his country."
"The cause of Labour is the cause of freedom."
"All we ask is to be treated as equals."
"The capitalist system is a system of exploitation."
"Solidarity between working men and women transcends all borders."
"No man has a right to take another man's bread."
"As long as there is oppression, there will be resistance."
"A man's worth is determined by what he does, not what he owns."
"The thing that we desire is not in the hands of the people that we fear."
"The cause of labor is the cause of humanity."
"Revolution is necessary, but revolution is not the end of the story; it is just the beginning."
"We seek to make our own lives and our own towns and villages free."
"There are no bosses but we live to toil for our brothers."
"To be a true socialist, you have to first be a true patriot."
"The right to be rich is the right to exploit your fellow man."
"You cannot put a boy on the shelves and expect him to remain there forever."
"The great cause of humanity is to be free and to be able to enjoy the fruits of our labor."
"If you take away the kid's right to play, he is no longer a child."
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
"The further an idea is from the property of the rich, the closer it is to the hearts of the poor."
"It is the people who must be the architects of change, in their own way and in their own time."
"A great deal of the world’s misery is caused by fear."
"We are socialists because we believe in the dignity of labor."
"Liberty does not mean only the absence of oppression; it is the presence of opportunity."
"You cannot bring about an industrial revolution by merely voicing a great idea."
"A great injustice can only be righted by a great revolution."
"We stand for human dignity, whatever its color or creed."
"My love for the socialist movement is greater than my love for my own country."
"To be a socialist is to say that all men are equal, regardless of their circumstances."
"Real equality can never be achieved until economic freedom is the right of all."
"Struggle is the essence of life."
"No man is an island; every man is a part of the whole."
"Only in the unity of purpose can we reach the goal of true freedom."
"The laboring classes must be reunited in a common struggle for their rights."
"Ideals are the blueprints for action."
"The long struggle of man has been the struggle for the right to be the architect of his own destiny."
"We believe in the Irish Republic as our only hope of making life worth living for the Irish people."
"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 would be in vain."
"There is no such thing as a free man, only a free wage slave."
"The cause of labor is the cause of the Irish Republic."
"The greater the power of capital, the greater will be the power of social democracy."
"I am convinced that the working class is the only class capable of liberating the Irish people."
"The rise of the working class will be the rise of the Irish nation."
"Our revolution will not be a reactionary one."
"Only the consciousness of the people can prevent domination, whether that be by capitalist or imperialist forces."
"We must not only look after our rights, but also the rights of future generations."
"National liberation is impossible without social justice."
"Freedom without socialism is privilege, injustice; socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality."
"It is not enough to have the Socialist revolution; we must create a world where workers can have power."
"The ashes of the past are the seeds of our future."
"We have a right to live in a world of peace, not in a world of war."
"To be a true republican is to fight for the equality of all men and women."
"The right to live is the most sacred of rights."
"This is our land, and we are standing on its soil."
"Any man who works for the benefit and welfare of his fellow men is not a criminal."
"Let us build a new society, free of oppression and inequality."
"The real question is whether we can create a world of justice, fairness, and love."
"We must never forget that our fight is against oppression - whether economic, political, or social."
"Our ideals are worth fighting for, regardless of the odds."
"The only way to create a better society is to start from within ourselves."
"An injury to one is an injury to all."
"The presence of the Irish in this city is the greatest blessing that has ever come to the land."
"Our demands most moderate are, we only want the earth."
"There can be no question of the right of the Irish people to choose their own form of government."
"I am not a socialist in the sense that I am for a partial socialism, I am for the complete Diehard socialism."
"Everybody who is prepared to fight for freedom must accept the responsibility for it."
"The Irish revolution will not be a revolution without the masses."
"If you remove the revolutionary spirit from Ireland, you will not have an Irish nation."
"The great enemy of the working class is the capitalist class."
"Your idealism must be worked out in the hard crucible of experience."
"Only the forgotten are truly dead."
"A great tragedy such as the tragedy of the Irish people can only be resolved in the flames of revolution."
"We serve neither king nor kaiser, but Ireland."
"National independence is nothing without the social liberation of the people."
"No man should be ashamed to be a worker."
"Revolutions are not made, they come."
"A revolution is not the same thing as a process of reform; the latter may take decades to achieve."
"There is no hope for the world until the working class of all nations unite."
"The spirit of the people must be the basis of our success."
"Liberty cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved."
"The past is but the history of our victories and defeats."
"It is our right as a people to establish our own state."
"We are all workers, and must fight together as a class."
"Freedom is not to be begged for; it is to be fought for."
"Take the world as it is, and see what you can make of it."
"A soldier without a revolution is a soldier without a cause."
"In order to bring about equality, we must first battle oppression."
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