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Gerry Adams

Gerry Adams

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Born Tuesday, 30 November -0001
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Life is so complicated a game that the devices of skill are liable to be defeated at every turn by air-blown chances, incalculable as the descent of thistle-down. Uncategorized
Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfilment. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
We have to make sure the Good Friday Agreement works. Uncategorized
We are totally committed to ending partition and to creating the conditions for unity and independence. Uncategorized
The way forward is by building political support for republican and democratic objectives across Ireland and by winning support for these goals internationally. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
The days of humiliation, of second-class citizens and of inequality are over and gone forever. Uncategorized
The catalyst for much of this change is the growing support for republicanism. Uncategorized
Such decisions will be far reaching and difficult. But you never lacked courage in the past. Your courage is now needed for the future. Uncategorized
Sinn Fein has the potential and capacity to become the vehicle for the attainment of republican objectives. Uncategorized
Sinn Fein has demonstrated the ability to play a leadership role as part of a popular movement towards peace, equality and justice. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
In this context the British and Irish governments will have to promote a new, imaginative and dynamic alternative in which both governments will share power in the north. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms. Uncategorized
But if republicans are to prevail, if the peace process is to be successfully concluded and Irish sovereignty and re-unification secured, then we have to set the agenda - no-one else is going to do that. Uncategorized
But I also hold the very strong view that republicans need to lead by example. Uncategorized
At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means. Uncategorized