Gerry Adams Government Quotations

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

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

Sinn Fein's position on policing is very clear-cut -- when the British government delivers on the commitments it has made, I will deliver on the commitments I have made.

We will be there for one reason and one reason only: the election of a government in line with the Good Friday agreement.

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

No Irish nationalist could support any treaty which institutionalizes British government claims to a part of Irish national territory. Indeed, the term - 'constitutional nationalism'- used by Mr.Mallon (SDLP) and his colleagues to describe their political philosophy is a contradiction in terms. The only constitutional nationalist in Ireland today is Sean McBride. He puts his nationalism within a framework of Irish constitutionality. Mr. Mallon, however, puts his within the framework of British constitutionality. Irish nationalism within British constitutionality is a contradiction in terms.

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 consent to an internal six county settlement and if you are willing to negotiate the state of Irish society with a foreign government.

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 majority of the Irish people There are those who tell us that the British government will not be moved by armed struggle. As has been said before, the history of Ireland and of British colonial involvement throughout the world tells us that they will not be moved by anything else.