come into the talks and move into substantive negotiations.

The RUC have been tolerating road and street blocks being set up. There have been Catholics evicted from their homes by mobs. All of this raises the temperature,

We have got a deal. We now have to implement that deal,

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

There has been quite a lot of progress made and I think we will continue to make progress,

We hope that Mr. Blair will settle Mr. Trimble down and will bring him face-to-face with his responsibilities,

I don’t blame the people in the airports for that. I’ve raised it directly with the White House and the State Department. They have not told us we’re on the terrorist watch list. If we...

People need to calm down. What did people expect the IRA to say?

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.

It is negative campaigning of the most raw kind, … None of these allegations are substantiated.

It’s our job as politicians to demonstrate to those in control of weapons that politics works. Because of Ulster Unionist demands we are … failing to do that.

save the peace process from collapse and transform the situation.

everyone to stay calm

The Ireland we live in today is also very different place from 15 years ago. There is now an all-Ireland agenda with huge potential.

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...

At some point, when stretched so far, you break. We are not made of elastic.

I think that opens up an enormous opportunity for all of us but also presents a huge challenge.

It means that Unionists who are for the Good Friday Agreement must end their ambivalence, … And it is a direct challenge to the DUP to decide if they want to put the past behind...

People can die from the cold and people are certainly deprived because of the cold. I think the people have a right to a warm home.

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

very well motivated toward the peace process.

courageous and confident initiative.

It is likely that his death at this time is intended to undermine current efforts to make political progress. Those who carried out this murder are clearly opposed to the peace process.

The peace process lies in absolute ruins, … And the responsibility for that — and for restoring it — lies with (British Prime Minister) John Major.

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

activists in a nationalist movement.

Your people are being killed; our people are being killed. We have to get beyond all his.

We have a range of candidates who are bedded in their local constituencies over quite a long period of time, who are working on a whole range of social and economic issues as well as...

Everybody in there is waiting on David Trimble.

Under the provisions of the Good Friday Agreement, parties have to vote for the nominees for the joint office of the First and Deputy First Ministers.

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.

Ku Klux Klan into Harlem.

It’s long been an occupational hazard for me and for other Sinn Fein representatives to be held for lengthy periods at airports across the USA.

All the political parties in the Basque Country want a peaceful solution

There was certainly a series of positive engagements. Those discussions will continue. I am still hopeful we will get to where we want to be,

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...

Your ability as republican volunteers, to rise to this challenge will mean that the two governments and others cannot easily hide from their obligations and their responsibility to resolve these problems.

negative, carping and begrudging campaign against Sinn Fein.

Equality has to be delivered and it has to be right across every sector …

Those who carried out this murder are clearly opposed to the peace process.

to build political support for republican and democratic objectives across Ireland and win support for those goals internationally.

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

Well, even if it should, and I certainly want to see an end to the IRA and an end to all of the armed groups, simply saying it and demanding it isn’t going to achieve...

The psychological mindset that is required for peacemaking is absent from Unionist thinking,

We have a range of candidates who are … working on a whole range of social and economic issues

When I came in, I said I had hoped… that we would have a good meeting, and we had, … I put it to Mr. Trimble that he and I had been cast in this...

You asserted the legitimacy of the right of the people of this island to freedom and independence. Many of your comrades made the ultimate sacrifice.

Such decisions will be far reaching and difficult. But you never lacked courage in the past. Your courage is now needed for the future.

We are in this particular situation because once again unionists threaten the institutions and Dr. Reid moved to accommodate them.

These carefully staged tantrums and rehearsed walk-outs aren’t the way to bring about a settlement.