The Great Appear Great To Us.

However It May Be For Others, For Us Of The Citizen Army There Is But One Ideal - An Ireland Ruled, And Owned, By Irish Men And Women, Sovereign And Independent From The Centre To The Sea, And Flying Its Own Flag Outward Over All The Oceans.

The Irish Republic Must Be Made A Word To Conjure With - A Rallying Point For The Disaffected, A Haven For The Oppressed, A Point Of Departure For The Socialist, Enthusiastic In The Cause Of Human Freedom.

If You Remove The English Army To-morrow And Hoist The Green Flag Over Dublin Castle, Unless You Set About The Organisation Of The Socialist Republic Your Efforts Would Be In Vain.

State Ownership And Control Is Not Necessarily Socialism - If It Were, Then The Army, The Navy, The Police, The Judges, The Gaolers, The Informers, And The Hangmen, All Would All Be Socialist Functionaries, As They Are State Officials - But The Ownership By The State Of All The Land And Materials For Labour, Combined With The Co-operative Control By The Workers Of Such Land And Materials, Would Be Socialism.

Yes, Friends, Governments In Capitalist Society Are But Committees Of The Rich To Manage The Affairs Of The Capitalist Class.