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Trade unionist

James Larkin, a distinguished trade unionist, was born on January 21, 1876, and passed away on January 30, 1947. He is renowned for his leadership in the trade union movements in Ireland and the United Kingdom, particularly for his efforts in promoting workers' rights and improving working conditions.

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“Claiming for ourselves liberty of conscience, liberty to worship, we shall see to it that every other individual enjoys the same right.”

Individual Enjoy Liberty Worship Conscience

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“Russia is the only place where men and women can be free.”

Men Men And Women Russia

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“We make mistakes, we have our faults, and God knows some of us have more than our share, but when danger threatens and duty calls, we go smiling to our own funeral.”

Knows Mistake Share Danger Duty Faults Smile Making Mistakes Funeral God Knows We Make Mistakes

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“The land of Ireland for the people of Ireland”

People Land Ireland

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“I am, of course, aware that the ultimate solution is the ownership and control of the means of life by the whole of the people; but we are not at that stage of development as yet.”

People Mean Whole Courses Stage Development Solutions Ultimate Ownership Stages Of Development Ownership And Control

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“I am careful about my conduct because I know this cause requires clean men.”

Knows Men Causes Clean Careful Cleaning

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“The souls you have got cast upon the screen of publicity appear like the horrid and writhing creatures enlarged from the insect world, and revealed to us by the cinematograph.”

World Soul Creatures Casts Screens Insects Publicity

Book:In the footsteps of Big Jim: a family biography

Source: In the footsteps of Big Jim: a family biography

“We are now on the threshold of a newer movement, with a newer hope and a new inspiration.”

Inspiration Movement Threshold

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“I never stood in a public house bar and alcoholic drink never touched my lips.”

House Drink Lips Bars Touched Alcoholics Alcoholic Drinks

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“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.”

Ifs Stills Shows Humanity Fate Land Industry Aristocracy

Book:In the footsteps of Big Jim: a family biography

Source: In the footsteps of Big Jim: a family biography

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

Home Hands Fighting Land Arms Ireland

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“Comrades - We are living in momentous times!”

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“For years and years I have done the work I was born for.”

Years Done Born

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

People Inspirational Moral Raised Sobriety

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“I have tried to kill sectarianism, whether in Catholics or Protestants.”

Catholic Protestants Sectarianism

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

Helping Use Strong Arms Intelligent Accomplish Great Things

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“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.”

Matter Certain Individual Cases Birth Conscience Areas Outcomes Great Men Residence

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“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.”

Men Humans Mean Justice Human Beings Our Lives He Man Fellows Deny Associates Betterment

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“Man must be associated with his fellows.”

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“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.”

Goal Effort Class Offers Determination Ultimate Presses Raised Enthusiasm Thanks Knees Ireland Working Class Ultimate Goal Commonwealth

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“Those who want to divide the workers have resorted to the foulest methods.”

Want Method Workers Divides

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“Therefore it is essential that some means should be sought whereby the work of the nation may be carried on without constant yet at present necessary dislocation.”

Should May Mean Nations Essentials Constant Dislocation

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“There must be freedom for all to live, to think, to worship, no book, no avenue must be closed.”

Thinking Book Worship Avenues

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“Intolerance has been the curse of our country.”

Has Beens Country Our Country Curse Intolerance

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“The employers cannot carry on industry nor accumulate profits if they have not got the good will of the workers or their acquiescence in carrying on such industry.”

Ifs Industry Workers Profit Employers Good Will Carrying On Acquiescence

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

Men Broken Blow Strikes Manhood Loathe Brooding

Book:In the footsteps of Big Jim: a family biography

Source: In the footsteps of Big Jim: a family biography

“No, men and women of the Irish race, we shall not fight for England. We shall fight for the destruction of the British Empire and the construction of an Irish republic.”

Men Fighting Race Men And Women Destruction England British Empires Republic Construction British Empire

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“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.”

Degrees Gains Workers Satisfaction Mediums Repeats Mutual Arrangements Employers

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“Humanity abhors, above all things, a vacuum in itself, and your class will be cut off from humanity as the surgeon cuts the cancer and alien growth from the body.”

Body Humanity Growth Class Cutting All Things Cancer Aliens Vacuums Surgeons Cancer Survivor

Book:In the footsteps of Big Jim: a family biography

Source: In the footsteps of Big Jim: a family biography

About the Author

Born: January 21, 1876
Died: January 30, 1947
Known for: Trade unionist
Quotes: 29

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