History, in general, treats the working class as the manipulator of politics treats the working man – that is to say, with contempt when he remained passive, and with derision, hatred and misrepresentation whenever he dares evince a desire to throw off the yoke of political or social servitude.


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We love but once, for once only are we perfectly equipped for loving.
CYRIL CONNOLLY
Youth is a period of missed opportunities.
CYRIL CONNOLLY
What grape to keep its place in the sun, taught our ancestors to make wine?
CYRIL CONNOLLY
Life is a maze in which we take the wrong turn before we have learnt to walk.
CYRIL CONNOLLY
I've always thought the expression 'passion project' was kind of a cliche until I starte...
KEVIN CONNOLLY
Papa has not misled any client, manipulated any record, or covered up anything.
MICHAEL CONNOLLY
'Entourage' is almost required watching in L.A., and everyone seems to have story suggestion...
KEVIN CONNOLLY
I got no entourage in real life. Solo. I go solo. No entourage.
KEVIN CONNOLLY
I don't believe in angels, no. But I do have a wee parking angel. It's on my dashboard and y...
BILLY CONNOLLY
What is good for you creatively is usually bad commercially. You thrive financially by sticking to a...
JOHN CONNOLLY
Imprisoned in every fat man a thin man is wildly signaling to be let out.
CYRIL CONNOLLY
The Islanders and their owner, Garth Snow, were very generous with me and let me do some cool stuff ...
KEVIN CONNOLLY
The great thing about Glasgow is that if there's a nuclear attack it'll look exactly the sam...
BILLY CONNOLLY
We've been on the other side of that last year against Mohawk. It's a kick in the tail.
CHRIS CONNOLLY
He's just worked his tail off. He was everywhere tonight.
SEAN CONNOLLY
A life based on reason will always require to be balanced by an occasional bout of violent and irrat...
CYRIL CONNOLLY
Imagination equals nostalgia for the past, the absent; it is the liquid solution in which art develo...
CYRIL CONNOLLY
I went from such a testosterone-driven show to the exact opposite, because 'Friends With Better ...
KEVIN CONNOLLY
I've always liked it here. Part of me is Irish. . . . My family comes from the west coast, so whenev...
BILLY CONNOLLY
Being shot at for years by men of a particular nationality will tend to impact negatively upon one�...
JOHN CONNOLLY
When we have ceased to love the stench of the human animal, either in others or in ourselves, then a...
CYRIL CONNOLLY
I don't believe in angels and I have trouble with the whole God thing. I don't want to say I don't b...
BILLY CONNOLLY
My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.
BILLY CONNOLLY
The human race has been set up. Someone, somewhere, is playing a practical joke on us. Apparently, w...
BILLY CONNOLLY
I've always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.
BILLY CONNOLLY
It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god, and he's telling t...
BILLY CONNOLLY
I did host the Jim Rome show with Jerry Ferrara for three hours when he was on vacation. Three hours...
KEVIN CONNOLLY
The desire to be a politician should bar you for life from ever becoming one.”
"Don't vote. I...
BILLY CONNOLLY
The other side of the coin is that we had a terrific win against Adelaide, and every player deserve ...
CHRIS CONNOLLY
I'm proud of where I'm from. I'm proud of Long Island.
KEVIN CONNOLLY
I don't understand art-speak. My pictures are big doodles. I'm amazed what people come up wi...
BILLY CONNOLLY
I think he'll go very well in rugby, I think he'll be sensational in rugby and he'll have a great fu...
JOHN CONNOLLY
If that had occurred in the city of Manchester, or in the city of Normandy when I was chief, it woul...
JOHN CONNOLLY
I believe in those whom I love and trust.
JOHN CONNOLLY
This life is filled with threats and danger, David. We face those that we have to face, and there wi...
JOHN CONNOLLY
Stories wanted to be read, David's mother would whisper. They needed it. It was the reason th...
JOHN CONNOLLY
Being scared isn't the problem. It's not running away that's the hard part.
JOHN CONNOLLY
Most people either love or hate old libraries. To some, a room like this--dim, high-ceilinged, dusty...
SHEILA CONNOLLY
I mean, he's a pharmacy technician and we won't turn our backs to prosecuting this case just because...
CHRIS CONNOLLY
Doing is overrated, and success undesirable, but the bitterness of failure even more so
CYRIL CONNOLLY
Believe me, I've taken a lot of heat for my mustache.
KEVIN CONNOLLY
[Connolly said that the current plan is to start off with two lunar missions per year. That frequenc...
JOHN CONNOLLY