We did not dupe the electorate nor is Sinn Féin following a dual
strategy of shoot and talk. Sinn Féin is not an armed
organisation nor do we control an armed organisation. We stand by
the commitment we made to the electorate to rebuild the peace
strategy.
Alex Maskey responding to claims that Sinn Féin duped their
voters. Wednesday 18 June
The British government does not own Rockall, she merely possesses
it by force - just like she did when she invaded the Falkland
Islands. Rockall is an extension of County Donegal despite what
the (British) Island of Rockall Act says.
Former Dublin Lord Mayor Seán `Dublin Bay Rockall' Loftus after
congratulating Greenpeace on their occupation of the rock in
protest at continuing British oil exploration.
Can you feel us breathing down your neck?
French banner on the 50,000 strong European march against
unemployment which converged on Amsterdam on Saturday 14 June,
two days before the EU leaders met in the city.
One exhausted PD worker, his morale at rock bottom as he surveyed
the bloodbath before him, made a telling pronouncement: ``You
know, if we had fucked off on holidays for the last three weeks,
we'd have come home with ten seats.
A Progressive Democrat election worker after their recent
disastrous election results, Evening Herald, Thursday 12 June.
We will not be talking to anyone ever, and I mean anyone.
Harold Gracey, Portadown District Master of the Orange Order,
Sunday Tribune, 15 June.
Fianna Fáil's historic duty is to play the green card just enough
to squeeze Sinn Féin out of the body politic, while at the same
time not being so serious about Irish unity to upset the dynamics
of the southern state and actually make a genuine offer to the
unionists which would remove all the disagreeable aspects of that
state.
Stephen King, advisor to the UUP's John Taylor, Irish Times,
Monday 16 June.
The harsh reality is that Sinn Féin is now too strong for any
deal to be cut without republicans at the table.
Deaglán De Braadún, Irish Times, Tuesday 17 June
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