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But an accommodation - a partnership of equals - cannot be built through a process of humiliation.

Quote by Gerry Adams

But I also hold the very strong view that republicans need to lead by example.

Quote by Gerry Adams about example, need

But if republicans are to prevail, if the peace process is to be successfully concluded and Irish sovereignty and re-unification secured, then we have to set the agenda - no-one else is going to do that.

Quote by Gerry Adams about peace

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

Quote by Gerry Adams about rules

Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead and gone. I've hugged trees in every part of this little island.

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I know full well that such truly historic decisions can only be taken in the aftermath of intense internal consultation.

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I understand fully that the IRA's most recent positive contribution to the peace process was in the context of a comprehensive agreement.

Quote by Gerry Adams about peace

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.

Quote by Gerry Adams about fight, blind, past, rightness

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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It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo.

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Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.

Quote by Gerry Adams about peace, war

Now is the time for you to step into the Bearna Baoil again; not as volunteers risking life and limb but as activists in a national movement towards independence and unity.

Quote by Gerry Adams about independence, time, life, contentment

One man's transparency is another's humiliation.

Quote by Gerry Adams about man

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...

Quote by Gerry Adams about equality, patience, eyes, human imperfections, day, face

Since then - despite many provocations and setbacks - the cessation has endured.

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Since then, there has been a vicious campaign of vilification against republicans, driven in the main by the Irish government.

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Sinn Fein has demonstrated the ability to play a leadership role as part of a popular movement towards peace, equality and justice.

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Sinn Fein has the potential and capacity to become the vehicle for the attainment of republican objectives.

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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.

Quote by Gerry Adams about courage, past, future, contentment

The catalyst for much of this change is the growing support for republicanism.

Quote by Gerry Adams about change