James Larkin Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“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.”

“The question of religion was a matter for each individual's conscience, and in a great many cases was the outcome of birth or residence in a certain geographical area.”

“You may succeed in your policy and ensure your own damnation, by your victory.”

“Stop at home. Arm for Ireland. Fight for Ireland and no other land.”

“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.”

“The men whose manhood you have broken will loathe you, and will always be brooding and scheming to strike a fresh blow.”

“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.”

“By God's help, and the intelligent use of their own strong right arms they could accomplish great things.”

“I have raised the morals and sobriety of the people.”