Paddy McDuder

“No individual can develop all his powers if he is even partially under the control of another, even if that other sincerely wishes him well.”
― James Connolly

“How can a person, or a class, be free when its means of life are in the grasp of another? How can the working class be free when the sole chance of existence of its individual members depends on their ability to make profit for others?”
― James Connolly, Labour, Nationality and Religion

“Written laws are like spiders' webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful.”
― Anacharsis

“A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune,
but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind.”
― Anacharsis