I Can Always Guarantee That The Irish

The Irishman Frees Himself From Slavery When He Realizes The Truth That The Capitalist System Is The Most Foreign Thing In Ireland. The Irish Question Is A Social Question. The Whole Age-long Fight Of The Irish People Against Their Oppressors Resolves Itself In The Last Analysis Into A Fight For The Mastery Of The Means Of Life, The Sources Of Production, In Ireland. Who Would Own And Control The Land? The People, Or The Invaders; And If The Invaders, Which Set Of Them - The Most Recent Swarm Of Land Thieves, Or The Sons Of The Thieves Of A Former Generation?

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

The Worker Is The Slave Of Capitalist Society, The Female Worker Is The Slave Of That Slave.

Yes, Friends, Governments In Capitalist Society Are But Committees Of The Rich To Manage The Affairs Of The Capitalist Class.

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.