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Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfillment.
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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.
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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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The unionists also for their part, want to minimise the potential for change, not only on the equality agenda but on the issues of sovereignty and ending the union.
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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.
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It might or might not be right to kill, but sometimes it is necessary.
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David Trimble is a man I can do business with; he is a man I have to do business with; and he is a man who I will do business with. This is more important than the personalities involved.
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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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Of Tony Blair:
We want him to be the last British Prime Minister with jurisdiction in Ireland.
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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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Hunger strike is unlike any other form of struggle. An IRA volunteer does not go out to get killed; if he or she gets killed it is because he or she makes a mistake or some circumstance arises. But a hunger striker embarks on a process which, from day one, is designed to end in his or her death.
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The IRA aren't the cause of violence in Ireland. They are a symptom of it. If this was a normal society, we wouldn't have the violence we are now having to endure.
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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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But I also hold the very strong view that republicans need to lead by example.
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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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The days of humiliation, of second-class citizens and of inequality are over and gone forever.
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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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The Irish Republican Army has kept every commitment made by its leadership.
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Every word she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the'.
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Born:
October 6, 1948
(age 76)
Bio:
Gerard "Gerry" Adams is an Irish republican politician who is the president of the Sinn Féin political party, and a Teachta Dála for Louth since the 2011 general election.
Known for:
Before the Dawn: An Autobiography (1996)
Cage Eleven (1990)
My Little Book of Tweets (2016)
Falls Memories (1982)
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