"I nominate the Reverend Ian Paisley for the position of First Minister of northern Ireland"
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Gerry Adams quotes (page 2 of 3)
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"When I wrote 'Before The Dawn,' I made it quite clear that there are lots of people involved in my life who I can't talk about simply because I'd put them at risk."
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"The last months, weeks and days have seen accelerating discussions, involving the DUP for the first time, about a comprehensive agreement which would see all outstanding matters dealt with and the Good Friday Agreement implemented in full."
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"Sinn Fein has the potential and capacity to become the vehicle for the attainment of republican objectives."
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"But I also hold the very strong view that republicans need to lead by example."
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"We have to make sure the Good Friday Agreement works."
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"The Good Friday Agreement and the basic rights and entitlements of citizens that are enshrined within it must be defended and actively promoted by London and Dublin."
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"Republican patience with how unionism deals with the political institutions, and with key issues like equality and human rights, will be tested because, obviously, there will be a battle a day on these matters. So lets face up to all of this with our eyes wide open."
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"Sinn Fein has productively taken the example of South Africa and, as we develop the peace process, we continue to use examples from South Africa."
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"The unionists also for their part, want to minimise the potential for change, not only on the equality agenda but on the issues of sovereignty and ending the union."
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"The Irish Republican Army has kept every commitment made by its leadership."
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"I was leaving the Belfast court, where I had been called to answer a very flimsy charge, later dismissed. You're relatively safe in such areas in the Irish community, but to go to downtown Belfast for me is dangerous. My appearance in court had been well advertised by the police. I think it was too much of a coincidence that the people who shot me were just passing by."
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"I think there is a huge responsibility upon governments to understand the consequence of their decisions."
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"Peace cannot be built on exclusion. That has been the price of the past 30 years."
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"We can be revisionist, and that's a good thing to be at times, but we shouldn't airbrush our history, so we can only make judgments in the objective conditions of that time."
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"You can only judge anything that happened in the times, in the times that that happened."
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"I like to think I'm very grounded. I'm very grounded in my family. I'm very grounded in my community."
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"There needs to be nationalist and republican confidence in unionism."
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"War some people glamorise war and glorify war. It's not nice, from whatever point of view you come from."
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"For good or ill, I'm a person of leadership. I do my best. I don't dodge responsibility."
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