James Larkin
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James (Big Jim) Larkin (Irish: Séamas Ó Lorcáin) (21 January 1875 – 30 January 1947) was an Irish trade union leader and socialist activist.
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[edit] Attributed
- Les grands ne sont grands que parce que nous sommes à genoux: Levons-nous.
Ní uasal aon uasal ach sinne bheith íseal: Éirímis.
The great appear great because we are on our knees: Let us rise.- Inscription in French, Irish, and English on a monument to Big Jim on O'Connell Street in Dublin, Ireland. Although he used it in a famous speech, the slogan is usually attributed to the French revolutionary Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794).
