Let me make it quite clear that Sinn Féin is a republican party
and our primary objective is a united Ireland.
Gerry Adams clarifying his position on Irish unity in an
interview with the Irish News.
It is an unequivocal restoration of the position of August 1994
and I do not believe that we should quibble with any words after
that. We went down that road before and it was a mistake.
Bertie Ahern on the ceasefire.
I can also confirm that I am not aware of any disciplinary
proceedings being taken against any police officer in those cases
where clients have successfully received compensation.
A solicitor's comments on the de facto amnesty which exists for
the RUC and British Army who break the law. Irish News, Saturday
19 July.
The British government have made it very clear that Sinn Féin/IRA
could enter the talks without giving up their violence, without
giving up any weapons. Why on earth would the IRA not call a
ceasefire in those circumstances.
DUP deputy leader Peter Robinson quoted in the News Letter
Saturday 19 July.
For years Sinn Féin have occupied the moral high ground, because
they have brilliantly manipulated world opinion, selected their
own battle grounds, and portrayed themselves as the only genuine
peace-makers. This was in sharp contrast to unionists who were
portrayed as intransigent bigots, often as a result of their own
worst efforts.
Leader in the News Letter, Saturday 19 July.
By turning down David Trimble's decommissioning proposals, the
British have challenged the unionist veto in a small but
significant way and left Trimble impaled on the horns of a
horrible dilemma.
Ed Moloney, Sunday Tribune, 20 July.
In my party we are not whingers.
UUP MP Ken McGuinness on the restoration of the IRA's `94
cessation, Sunday Tribune, 20 July.
This is bigger than any one politician or any political party.
Dick Spring, RTÉ News At One, Sunday 20 July.
The mood in the unionist camp is sour, disillusioned and wary,
among nationalist there is hope and a determination to get it
right this time.
Deaglan De Bréadún, Irish Times, Monday 21 July.
The challenge within unionism is that the doves have to take on
the hawks.
Gerry Adams, Irish Times, 21 July.
Republicans want peace. Peace demands justice. We want an end to
conflict; an end to division; to poverty and inequality. We want
an Ireland free and independent.
Martin McGuinness, Irish News, Monday 21 July.
In any agreed political settlement the political allegiance of
northern nationalists must be given expression and effect.
Gerry Adams, Irish Times, Tuesday 22 July.
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