A DUP demand for the humiliation of republicans is not only
unacceptable, it will not happen and it has no place in a process
of peace making.
Gerry Adams
Speech to Sinn Fein selection convention
in Navan, December 1 2004. |
But an accommodation - a partnership of equals - cannot be
built through a process of humiliation.
Gerry Adams
Speech to Sinn Fein selection convention
in Navan, December 1 2004. |
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.
Gerry Adams
Speech to Sinn Fein selection convention
in Navan, December 1 2004. |
The days of humiliation, of second-class citizens and of inequality
are over and gone forever.
Gerry Adams
Speech to Sinn Fein selection convention
in Navan, December 1 2004. |
The DUP leader, Ian Paisley, also needs to face up to his
responsibilities to join in the collective challenge of peace
making.
Gerry Adams
Speech to Sinn Fein selection convention
in Navan, December 1 2004. |
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 |
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 |
One man's transparency is another's humiliation.
Gerry Adams
Asked why IRA would not allow more transparency
in decommissioning of their weapons, October 2003. |
It's an open secret. I have said within republican circles
that one of the objectives of this process is to see an IRA
out of existence. When I say that we want to bring an end to
physical force republicanism, that clearly means bringing an
end to the organisation or the vehicle of physical force republicanism.
Gerry Adams
September 28 2003, Sunday Business Post. |
There needs to be nationalist and republican confidence in
unionism.
Gerry Adams
September 28 2003, Sunday Business Post. |