145 ordspråk av Gerry Adams
Gerry Adams
Sinn Fein will not seek to interpret an organization we don't have any authority, control or responsibility for.
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Sinn Fein's position on policing is very clear-cut -- when the British government delivers on the commitments it has made, I will deliver on the commitments I have made.
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So I want to see all that infrastructure removed.
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strenuous efforts, taken initiatives and stretched ourselves and our constituency to the limit.
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the big question is not if there is going to be change, but when there is going to be change and what change there is going to be.
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The decision comes today as a direct result of an initiative taken by the Sinn Fein,
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The demand that has been made on me is that the IRA has to decommission its weapons before the agreement carries on, and that is a demand I cannot deliver on,
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The document contains elements that are positive
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The full implementation of the Good Friday agreement holds out vast hope of securing an end to injustice and the inequalities and conflict which have troubled Ireland and our people for generations.
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The historically important opportunity presented by the IRA cessation of almost two years ago has been frittered away on the back of British policy, ... All of that could have been avoided, and that is a lesson that has to be learned if we're to put this together again.
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The IRA initiative is clearly a serious attempt to address the suspicions and the fears of those unionists who want to make progress, ... Everyone who wants the peace process to work will welcome this significant development.
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The men and women of 1916 were visionaries. So were the hunger strikers. We need to be visionaries too.
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The peace process has not yet concluded in a democratic peace settlement, ... and today is the beginning of the next phase.
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The peace process lies in absolute ruins, ... And the responsibility for that -- and for restoring it -- lies with (British Prime Minister) John Major.
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The people -- apart from Robert McCartney's immediate family -- who've been most angry, frustrated by this man's death, are people like myself,
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