> The great only appear great because we are on our knees. Stand up. -
> James Connolly
It was actually Jim Larkin who said this, not Connolly, although it's not hard to see how they could be confused. The full accurate quote is "The great appear great because we are on our knees: Let us rise." It appears on a statue of Larkin on O'Connell Street, the main drag here in Dublin.