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39 quotes by Gerry Adams

Gerard "Gerry" Adams (Irish: Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh; born 6 October 1948) is an Irish republican politician, president of the Sinn Féin political party, and a Teachta Dála (TD) for Louth since the 2011 general election. From 1983 to 1992 and from 1997 to 2011, he was an abstentionist Westminster Member of Parliament (MP) for Belfast West. He has been the president of Sinn Féin since 1983. Since that time the party has become the fourth-largest...
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But if republicans are to prevail, if the peace process is to be successfully concluded and Irish sovereignty and re-unification secured, then we... →

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Your ability as republican volunteers, to rise to this challenge will mean that the two governments and others cannot easily hide from their... →

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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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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... →

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

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

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It's hard to think of a 16-month child being anything other than a delight to be around.

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You can only judge anything that happened in the times, in the times that that happened.

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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... →

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I stopped buying Sunday papers about 15 years ago, because you'd buy handfuls of them, and what you got, because the hard news comes from so many... →

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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... →

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When I wrote 'Before The Dawn,' I made it quite clear that there are lots of people involved in my life who I can't talk about simply... →

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