Here, we’ve compiled a list of the best Gerry Adams Quotes. Let’s look at these pieces of wisdom. We definitely have something to learn from them!
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The catalyst for much of this change is the growing support for republicanism.
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For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.
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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.
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The way forward is by building political support for republican and democratic objectives across Ireland and by winning support for these goals internationally.
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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.
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We have to make sure the Good Friday Agreement works.
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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.
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One man’s transparency is another’s humiliation.
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We are totally committed to ending partition and to creating the conditions for unity and independence.
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Such decisions will be far reaching and difficult. But you never lacked courage in the past. Your courage is now needed for the future.
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I think the worst kind of grief is unacknowledged grief.
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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.
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I think there is a huge responsibility upon governments to understand the consequence of their decisions.
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Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.
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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.
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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.
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The Irish Republican Army has kept every commitment made by its leadership.
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I like to think I’m very grounded. I’m very grounded in my family. I’m very grounded in my community.
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For good or ill, I’m a person of leadership. I do my best. I don’t dodge responsibility.
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Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfilment.
