But I also hold the very strong view that republicans need to lead by example..

One man's transparency is another's humiliation..

When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity..

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms..

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

Once water charges are in place they will only go up. This has been the history of all these charges.

There can be no such things as an Irish nationalist accepting the loyalist veto and partition. You cannot claim to be an Irish nationalist if you con….

Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead and gone. I've hugged trees in eve….

Armed struggle is a necessary and morally correct form of resistance in the Six Counties against a government whose presence is rejected by the vast ….

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 ….

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 oth….

I nominate the Reverend Ian Paisley for the position of First Minister of northern Ireland.

It might or might not be right to kill, but sometimes it is necessary..

Sinn Fein has demonstrated the ability to play a leadership role as part of a popular movement towards peace, equality and justice..

A real possibility now exists for a Government that is not led by either Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil.

It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo..

Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war..

Peace cannot be built on exclusion. That has been the price of the past 30 years..

The way forward is by building political support for republican and democratic objectives across Ireland and by winning support for these goals inter….

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

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