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Remembering the loss of those Irishmen from all parts of the island who were sent to their deaths in the imperialist slaughter of the First World War is crucial to understanding our history. It is also important to recognise the special significance in which the Battle of the Somme and the First World War is held.
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The British government says that for Sinn Fein to be involved in talks the guns must be left at the door.
Martin McGuinness
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My ultimate dream would be for Derry City to become champions of an all-Ireland league in a united Ireland.
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Sinn Fein is the only political party on this island working to end that fracture in their nation and to achieving the Republic set out in the proclamation.
Martin McGuinness -
I don't know what caused my tinnitus, but I started to become aware of a very low ringing noise in my right ear, which is now constantly there.
Martin McGuinness -
The position is clear - there is no ambiguity in Sinn Fein's position. We, along with all the other parties, have signed up to a reduced rate of corporation tax of 12.5 % by 2018.
Martin McGuinness -
All I can do is to try and make the future better.
Martin McGuinness -
I have passed, I hope, many tests over the course of the last 20-odd years in relation to the peace process and intend to continue to work forward in a very sensible and reasoned way with political colleagues in the Executive.
Martin McGuinness
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The most important thing to say is that Sinn Fein isn't going back to anything. We are a party on the move.
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I was proud to be a member of the IRA. I am still 40 years on proud that I was a member of the IRA. I am not going to be a hypocrite and sit here and say something different.
Martin McGuinness -
We have to govern by treating every single citizen equally.
Martin McGuinness -
I will work with whoever is leader of the DUP.
Martin McGuinness -
In 2016, let us all join the Rising, and the only final message is this very clear: Up the Rebels. Up a sovereign and independent Irish republic.
Martin McGuinness -
They were two very religious people. My father was a foundry worker and was a daily Mass attender, as was my mother.
Martin McGuinness
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War is terrible. There is nothing romantic about war.
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Tony Blair has made a good contribution to the cause of peace in Ireland. He has made a great effort to understand it. He has great empathy with the need to resolve the conflict.
Martin McGuinness -
If the British government is prepared to say that the Unionists will not have a veto over British government policy and that guns, vetoes and injustices will all be left outside the door, then there is no good reason why talks cannot take place in an appropriate atmosphere.
Martin McGuinness -
I haven't done anything that I'm ashamed of.
Martin McGuinness -
Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require.
Martin McGuinness -
I never panic when I get a wasp at my ear. As soon as you strike out, they'll sting you. So just stay cool.
Martin McGuinness
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I would have felt ashamed if I had not been part of the resistance and part of fighting back against the forces of the state.
Martin McGuinness -
I will not be silenced or deterred.
Martin McGuinness -
I'm not going to be reduced to the position of being the implementer of Tory cuts in the North.
Martin McGuinness -
Sinn Fein is committed to promoting and enhancing reconciliation, and in recent years, I and other members of my party have taken a number of significant initiatives aimed to advance this process.
Martin McGuinness