Gerry Adams Quotes

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• Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.

  Gerry Adams

  Peace, War, Humanity

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• Armed struggle is a necessary and morally correct form of resistance in the Six Counties against a government whose presence is rejected by the vast majority of the Irish people There are those who tell us that the British government will not be moved by armed struggle. As has been said before, the history of Ireland and of British colonial involvement throughout the world tells us that they will not be moved by anything else.

  Gerry Adams

  Struggle, Government, People

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• It might or might not be right to kill, but sometimes it is necessary.

  Gerry Adams

  Might, Sometimes

  Gerry Adams (2015). “Before the Dawn: An Autobiography”, p.149, The O'Brien Press Ltd

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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.

  Gerry Adams

  Maintaining The Status Quo, Battle, Challenging The Status Quo

  Gerry Adams (2007). “An Irish Eye”, Brandon Books

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• There can be no such things as an Irish nationalist accepting the loyalist veto and partition. You cannot claim to be an Irish nationalist if you consent to an internal six county settlement and if you are willing to negotiate the state of Irish society with a foreign government.

  Gerry Adams

  Government, Loyalists, Six

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• If you militarise a situation, you beg for an armed response.

  Gerry Adams

  Situation, Response, Ifs

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• The days of humiliation, of second-class citizens and of inequality are over and gone forever.

  Gerry Adams

  Class, Forever, Citizens

  "Speech by Gerry Adams, then President of Sinn Féin, to a Sinn Féin selection convention in Navan, County Meath". CAIN in the University of Ulster, December 1, 2004.

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• No Irish nationalist could support any treaty which institutionalizes British government claims to a part of Irish national territory. Indeed, the term - 'constitutional nationalism'- used by Mr.Mallon (SDLP) and his colleagues to describe their political philosophy is a contradiction in terms. The only constitutional nationalist in Ireland today is Sean McBride. He puts his nationalism within a framework of Irish constitutionality. Mr. Mallon, however, puts his within the framework of British constitutionality. Irish nationalism within British constitutionality is a contradiction in terms.

  Gerry Adams

  Philosophy, Government, Support

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• One man's transparency is another's humiliation.

  Gerry Adams

  Men, Transparency, Humiliation

  "Collaboration 2. 0: Technology and Best Practices for Successful". Book by Gerry Adams. Happy About, p. 93, January 1, 2008.

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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.

  Gerry Adams

  Struggle, Eye, Past

  Gerry Adams (2007). “An Irish Eye”, Brandon Books

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• For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.

  Gerry Adams

  Government, Years, Ira

  Gerry Adams' Speech to IRA in Belfast, news.bbc.co.uk. April 6, 2005.

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• Peace cannot be built on exclusion. That has been the price of the past 30 years.

  Gerry Adams

  Past, Years, Exclusion

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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.

  Gerry Adams

  Islands, Talking, Calming Effect

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Once water charges are in place they will only go up. This has been the history of all these charges

  Gerry Adams

  Water, Has Beens

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• When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity.

  Gerry Adams

  People, Unity, Pursuit

  Gerry Adams (2007). “An Irish Eye”, Brandon Books

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• I stopped buying Sunday papers about 15 years ago, because you'd buy handfuls of them, and what you got, because the hard news comes from so many other channels, was opinion pieces. You're better off spending the money on a good novel.

  Gerry Adams

  Sunday, Years, News

  "Gerry Adams: 'I'm happy with who I am ... it's very important to be a subversive'" by Stephen Moss, www.theguardian.com. January 24, 2011.

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• A real possibility now exists for a Government that is not led by either Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil

  Gerry Adams

  Real, Government, Possibility

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• I think the worst kind of grief is unacknowledged grief.

  Gerry Adams

  Grief, Thinking, Kind

  "The survivor" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2001.

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• I nominate the Reverend Ian Paisley for the position of First Minister of northern Ireland

  Gerry Adams

  Firsts, Paisley, Ministers

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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.

  Gerry Adams

  Equality, Play, Justice

  Gerry Adams speech in Belfast, news.bbc.co.uk. April 6, 2005.

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• You can only judge anything that happened in the times, in the times that that happened.

  Gerry Adams

  Judging, Happened

  "Terrorist or Peace-Maker? An Exclusive Interview with Gerry Adams, Former Head of the I.R.A". Interview with Johann Hari, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 8, 2009.

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• The way forward is by building political support for republican and democratic objectives across Ireland and by winning support for these goals internationally.

  Gerry Adams

  Winning, Way Forward, Hymns

  Gerry Adams (2007). “An Irish Eye”, Brandon Books

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• But I also hold the very strong view that republicans need to lead by example.

  Gerry Adams

  Strong, Views, Example

  Gerry Adams (2007). “An Irish Eye”, Brandon Books

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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.

  Gerry Adams

  Friday, Agreement, Matter

  Gerry Adams (2007). “An Irish Eye”, Brandon Books

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• I think there is a huge responsibility upon governments to understand the consequence of their decisions.

  Gerry Adams

  Responsibility, Thinking, Government

  "Terrorist or Peace-Maker? An Exclusive Interview with Gerry Adams, Former Head of the I.R.A". Interview with Johann Hari, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 8, 2009.

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