James Larkin Quotes
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Man must be associated with his fellows.
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We are now on the threshold of a newer movement, with a newer hope and a new inspiration.
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Claiming for ourselves liberty of conscience, liberty to worship, we shall see to it that every other individual enjoys the same right.
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We make mistakes, we have our faults, and God knows some of us have more than our share, but when danger threatens and duty calls, we go smiling to our own funeral.
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Stop at home. Arm for Ireland. Fight for Ireland and no other land.
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The land of Ireland for the people of Ireland.
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For years and years I have done the work I was born for.
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By God's help, and the intelligent use of their own strong right arms they could accomplish great things.
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A mutual arrangement, I repeat, is the only satisfactory medium whereby the present system can be carried on with any degree of satisfaction, and in such an arrangement the employers have more to gain than the workers.
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You may succeed in your policy and ensure your own damnation, by your victory.
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Russia is the only place where men and women can be free.
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I never stood in a public house bar and alcoholic drink never touched my lips.
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Intolerance has been the curse of our country.
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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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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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Comrades - We are living in momentous times.
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I am, of course, aware that the ultimate solution is the ownership and control of the means of life by the whole of the people; but we are not at that stage of development as yet.
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The souls you have got cast upon the screen of publicity appear like the horrid and writhing creatures enlarged from the insect world, and revealed to us by the cinematograph.
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I have raised the morals and sobriety of the people.
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We shall not fight for the preservation of the enemy, which has laid waste with death and desolation the fields and hills of Ireland for 700 years.
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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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Those who want to divide the workers have resorted to the foulest methods.
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I have tried to kill sectarianism, whether in Catholics or Protestants.
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Therefore it is essential that some means should be sought whereby the work of the nation may be carried on without constant yet at present necessary dislocation.