Gerry Adams Quotes

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Gerry Adams

Profession : Politician

Birth : October 6, 1948

The catalyst for much of this change is the growing support for republicanism.

Gerry Adams

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.

Gerry Adams

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

We are totally committed to ending partition and to creating the conditions for unity and independence.

Gerry Adams

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.

Gerry Adams

Sinn Fein has the potential and capacity to become the vehicle for the attainment of republican objectives.

Gerry Adams

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.

Gerry Adams

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

We have to make sure the Good Friday Agreement works.

Gerry Adams

Sinn Fein has productively taken the example of South Africa and, as we develop the peace process, we continue to use examples from South Africa.

Gerry Adams

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

Gerry Adams

War... some people glamorise war and glorify war. It's not nice, from whatever point of view you come from.

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

Gerry Adams

I like to think I'm very grounded. I'm very grounded in my family. I'm very grounded in my community.

Gerry Adams

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

When I wrote 'Before The Dawn,' I made it quite clear that there are lots of people involved in my life who I can't talk about simply because I'd put them at risk.

Gerry Adams

It's hard to think of a 16-month child being anything other than a delight to be around.

Gerry Adams

If I didn't forgive the people who took me into the barracks and beat me unconscious over a period of days during the period when the British state was indicted for inhuman and degrading treatment in 1971-72, or even the guys who shot me, if you don't forgive them, you end up with unnecessary baggage.

Gerry Adams