James Larkin
James Larkin
JamesLarkinwas an Irish trade union leader and socialist activist, born to Irish parents in Liverpool, England. He and his family later moved to a small cottage in Burren, southern County Down. Growing up in poverty, he received little formal education and began working in a variety of jobs while still a child. He became a full-time trade union organiser in 1905...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth21 January 1875
CountryIreland
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mean people development
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.
house bars lips
I never stood in a public house bar and alcoholic drink never touched my lips.
carrying-on acquiescence employers
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.
satisfaction gains degrees
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.
fate land humanity
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.
land people ireland
The land of Ireland for the people of Ireland
home fighting hands
Stop at home. Arm for Ireland. Fight for Ireland and no other land.
catholic sectarianism protestants
I have tried to kill sectarianism, whether in Catholics or Protestants.
country intolerance curse
Intolerance has been the curse of our country.