Just as it is true that a s... by James Connolly, a Scottish Politician

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“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.”

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James Connolly

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Name: James Connolly

Nationality: Scottish

Date of Birth: Jun 5, 1868

Date of Death: May 12, 1916

Profession: Politician

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The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is the slave of that slave.

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If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst!

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Without the power of the Industrial Union behind it, Democracy can only enter the State as the victim enters the gullet of the Serpent.

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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.

James Connolly

32% of people like this quote

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