Irish - Activist | January 21, 1875 - January 30, 1947
I have tried to kill sectarianism, whether in Catholics or Protestants.
James Larkin
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I never stood in a public house bar and alcoholic drink never touched my lips.
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It means that the men who hold the means of life control our lives, and, because we workingmen have tried to get some measure of justice, some measure of betterment, they deny the right of the human being to associate with his fellow.
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Man must be associated with his fellows.
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No, men and women of the Irish race, we shall not fight for England. We shall fight for the destruction of the British Empire and the construction of an Irish republic.
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Russia is the only place where men and women can be free.
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Stop at home. Arm for Ireland. Fight for Ireland and no other land.
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The best thanks we could offer those who went before and raised the Irish working class from their knees was to press forward with determination and enthusiasm towards the ultimate goal of their efforts, a Co-operative Commonwealth for Ireland.
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The employers cannot carry on industry nor accumulate profits if they have not got the good will of the workers or their acquiescence in carrying on such industry.
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The fate of you, the aristocracy of industry, will be as the fate of the aristocracy of land if you do not show that you have some humanity still among you.
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The land of Ireland for the people of Ireland.
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The men whose manhood you have broken will loathe you, and will always be brooding and scheming to strike a fresh blow.
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