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The gun is not out of Irish politics.
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Entrance to government cannot be dependent on a date but only when terror and crime carried out by those allied to a political party is gone forever.
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This is a battle that has to be won -- no ifs, no buts!
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'Don't come crying to me if your homes are attacked. You will reap what you sow'.
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I was born in the island of Ireland. I have Irish traits in me - we don't all have the traits of what came from Scotland, there is the celtic factor... and I am an Irishman because you cannot be an Ulsterman without being an Irishman.
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'I was born in the island of Ireland. I have Irish traits in me - we don't all have the traits of what came from Scotland, there is the celtic factor... and I am an Irishman because you cannot be an Ulsterman without being an Irishman' 6
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'We're on the verge of civil war in Northern Ireland. Why? Because if you take away the forums of democracy you don't have anything left.'
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'Never confuse sitting on your side with being on your side.'
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'People don't expect to die tomorrow, but they do take out insurance, don't they?'
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'I say to the Dublin government, Mr Faulkner says it's 'hands across the border to Dublin'. I say, if they don't behave themselves in the South, it will be shots across the border!'
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I would rather be British than just.
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There is a finger pointing tonight at IRA-Sinn Fein.
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A foreign government has more say over Northern Ireland than the people of Northern Ireland.
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Take it from me that your condemnation and further exhortation to the leaders of IRA/Sinn Fein is useless in the present drastic and tragic circumstances of Northern Ireland. When are you going to take action?
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It would be naive to take the IRA at its word,
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There was no agreement between us, there is a great gulf because the southern government still thinks the IRA should be there and by right should be taking part in these discussions and by right should be in any future government of Northern Ireland.
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....were appointed by the IRA, not the governments.
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...is a hollow gesture, because we don't want words. We want actions.
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The North can be a deceptive place; it is not a done deal.
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The gloves are off. We're taking no more nonsense from anybody.