"Apostles of Freedom are ever idolised when dead, but crucified when alive."

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Source : James Connolly (1973). “Quotations from James Connolly: An Anthology in Parts”

James Connolly

“To be alive is power; existence in itself; without a further function; omnipotence.”
“When Henry Ford said, "The customer can have a car in any color as long as it's black," he was not joking.”
“Badmouthing your ex-spouse rips the child apart”
“I don't immerse myself in the Internet chatter because it opens you up to a whole source of danger.”
“Most of the Ten Commandments are negative. The purpose of law is not to mandate good behavior. That concept comes from the French Revolution.”
“Good impro can make you laugh, we love it, but soon the content is forgotten. Good scenes from The Life Game stay with you always. They haunt you.”
“The greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance that has ever been.”
“I don't like people that litter. If you don't throw a wrapper in the trashcan and you just toss it out on the ground I wanna take you and toss you into outer space.”

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