I will not be silenced or deterred.

Sinn Fein will not do Tory austerity.

I haven't done anything that I'm ashamed of.

I will work with whoever is leader of the DUP.

All I can do is to try and make the future better.

War is terrible. There is nothing romantic about war.

We have to govern by treating every single citizen equally.

A lot of Labour people are telling me Labour is in poor shape.

Sinn Fein is the fastest growing party on the island of Ireland.

I come from a very sporting family and played many sports as a lad.

The war against British rule must continue until freedom is achieved.

I don't hate Peter Robinson, and I don't think Peter Robinson hates me.

I believe a united Ireland is inevitable. I have never put a date on it.

Ireland's place north and south is in Europe and leading change in Europe.

The British government needs to bring its system in Ireland under control.

Let us walk into the conference room as equals and not second class citizens.

The spirt of 1916 is as relevant and inspiring today as it was a century ago.

Let everyone leave all the guns - British guns and Irish guns - outside the door.

In fact, I would defend to the death their right to express a different point of view.

But the fact is that the vast majority of Republicans support the Sinn Fein leadership.

Let's leave beside them in another pile all the injustices which exist in the northern state.

I'm not going to be reduced to the position of being the implementer of Tory cuts in the North.

I would describe myself as a practising Catholic. This is only my opinion; others may disagree.

Whenever people reach out the hand of friendship towards me, I am not going to refuse that hand.

There are no military solutions - dialogue and diplomacy are the only guarantee of lasting peace.

That's healthy and good for us that there are people who are prepared to question what we are doing.

The British government says that for Sinn Fein to be involved in talks the guns must be left at the door.

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.

The most important thing to say is that Sinn Fein isn't going back to anything. We are a party on the move.

My ultimate dream would be for Derry City to become champions of an all-Ireland league in a united Ireland.

As a lad growing up in the Fifties and Sixties, I played both Gaelic football and soccer and loved them both.

Well I think it has always been a mistake to reduce the peace process in Ireland to a decommissioning process.

Unlike the Tory millionaires, I live in the heart of the proud working-class community of the Bogside in Derry.

I am opposed to abortion on demand, and I am opposed to the 1967 Act in Britain being transferred to the north.

They were two very religious people. My father was a foundry worker and was a daily Mass attender, as was my mother.

The reality is that the people that we represent are no longer going to be second-class citizens in their own country.

As anyone who has tinnitus knows, it's not something that you can ignore, and you have to deal with it on a daily basis.

You could count on the fingers of one hand the number of people in the north who said to me, 'When did you leave the IRA?'

There are some discussions taking place in the United Arab Emirates about the prospects of a long-haul flight into Belfast.

My parents were very religious. My mother came from Co Donegal to work in the shirt factory in Derry when she met my father.

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.

The last thing we want to see, given the success of the peace process, is the return of installations along the Irish border.

I want to work with Peter Robinson as first minister in a positive, constructive way and leave the elections to the electorate.

I think that what is happening now in terms of the Brexit vote does represent a serious undermining of the Good Friday Agreement.

World War One is an important part of Ireland's multi-layered history during which tens of thousands Irish people lost their lives.

It is amazing that you now have a bus company in Ballymena producing world class buses for Hong Kong, Singapore, London and Las Vegas.

In my view, a united Ireland is inevitable, and it is certainly more likely than a voluntary coalition which doesn't include Sinn Fein.

Freedom can be gained only at the point of an IRA rifle, and I apologize to no one for saying that we support the freedom fighters of the IRA.

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.

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.

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