Under a socialist system every nation will be the supreme arbiter of its own destinies, national and international; will be forced into no alliance a… - James Connolly

The cause of labour is the cause of Ireland, the cause of Ireland is the cause of labour.

We do not mean that its supporters are necessarily materialists in the vulgar, and merely anti-theological, sense of the term, but that they do not base their socialism upon any interpretation of the language or meaning of scripture, nor upon the real or supposed intentions of a beneficent Deity. They as a party neither affirm or deny those things, but leave it to the individual conscience of each member to determine what beliefs on such questions they shall hold. As a political party they wisely prefer to take their stand upon the actual phenomena of social life as they can be observed in operation amongst us to-day, or as they can be traced in the recorded facts of history

Governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class.