Martin McGuinness Quotes

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Martin McGuinness

Profession : Politician

Birth : May 23, 1950

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

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Commemorations can stimulate debate, which will ultimately lead to a greater understanding of the events of our 'through-other' history and to shape a better future.

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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.

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Within loyalism and the UVF, there are clearly people who are not just aggravated by the issue around flags or parades. They're aggravated by me and Sinn Fein being in government. They're opposed to the political institutions - there's an inability of a minority within loyalism to accept the concept of equality.

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The fact is that a car used by Gerry Adams and myself during the course of the Mitchell review was bugged by elements within British military intelligence.

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

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

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

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

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

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Austerity is devastating these communities. The working poor, public sector workers, the disabled, and the vulnerable are the hardest hit by this bankrupt and ideologically driven policy.

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

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

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

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Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require.

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

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

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

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If the British government is prepared to say that the Unionists will not have a veto over British government policy and that guns, vetoes and injustices will all be left outside the door, then there is no good reason why talks cannot take place in an appropriate atmosphere.

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Along with that ongoing process Sinn Fein took a decision to establish a peace commission which had the responsibility to travel around the country to receive submissions from the general public, also our opponents.

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