The Irish Republic Must Be Made A

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.

Without The Power Of The Industrial Union Behind It, Democracy Can Only Enter The State As The Victim Enters The Gullet Of The Serpent.

The Irishman In English Literature May Be Said To Have Been Born With An Apology In His Mouth.

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?

We Believe In Constitutional Action In Normal Times; We Believe In Revolutionary Action In Exceptional Times.