Gerry Adams Quotes
Gerard "Gerry" Adams is an Irish republican politician and abstentionist Westminster Member of Parliament for Belfast West.
(1948 - )
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At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means.
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But I also hold the very strong view that republicans need to lead by example.
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But if republicans are to prevail, if the peace process is to be successfully concluded and Irish sovereignty and re-unification secured, then we have to set the agenda - no-one else is going to do that.
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For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.
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Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead and gone. I've hugged trees in every part of this little island.
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In the past I have defended the right of the IRA to engage in armed struggle. I did so because there was no alternative for those who would not bend the knee, or turn a blind eye to oppression, or for those who wanted a national republic.
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In this context the British and Irish governments will have to promote a new, imaginative and dynamic alternative in which both governments will share power in the north.
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It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo.
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Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.
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One man's transparency is another's humiliation.
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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 demonstrated the ability to play a leadership role as part of a popular movement towards peace, equality and justice.
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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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Sinn Fein has the potential and capacity to become the vehicle for the attainment of republican objectives.
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Such decisions will be far reaching and difficult. But you never lacked courage in the past. Your courage is now needed for the future.
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The catalyst for much of this change is the growing support for republicanism.
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The days of humiliation, of second-class citizens and of inequality are over and gone forever.
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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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The Irish Republican Army has kept every commitment made by its leadership.
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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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