I am going to make it very clear that the people of Northern Ireland took a democratic decision in the referendum to see our future in Europe and that has to be respected, the British government, who appear determined to exit Europe, need to take account of the special circumstances that exist here in the north.

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British rule depends upon repression and collaboration and the Irish people should recognise that those who collaborate with Britain in exchange for a slice of the cake will implement British policy and remain silent when Irish people are murdered and oppressed. It is they who are responsible for prolonging the war in Ireland. Without the quislings, without the collaborators, we would already have reached freedom.

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The reality is that the people that we represent are no longer going to be second-class citizens in their own country.

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Freedom can be gained only at the point of an IRA rifle, and I apologize to no one for saying that we support the freedom fighters of the IRA.

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Let everyone leave all the guns - British guns and Irish guns - outside the door.

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I haven't done anything that I'm ashamed of.

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The most important thing to say is that Sinn Fein isn't going back to anything. We are a party on the move.

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That's healthy and good for us that there are people who are prepared to question what we are doing.

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The British government needs to bring its system in Ireland under control.

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Sinn Fein is the fastest growing party on the island of Ireland.

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Well I think it has always been a mistake to reduce the peace process in Ireland to a decommissioning process.

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Along with that ongoing process Sinn Fein took a decision to establish a peace commission which had the responsibility to travel around the country to receive submissions from the general public, also our opponents.

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Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require.

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If the British government is prepared to say that the Unionists will not have a veto over British government policy and that guns, vetoes and injustices will all be left outside the door, then there is no good reason why talks cannot take place in an appropriate atmosphere.

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The fact is that a car used by Gerry Adams and myself during the course of the Mitchell review was bugged by elements within British military intelligence.

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But the fact is that the vast majority of Republicans support the Sinn Fein leadership.

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The British government says that for Sinn Fein to be involved in talks the guns must be left at the door.

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Obviously the pleasant exterior of Martin McGuinness is not all that there is to him.

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Sometimes the people here are best suited to bring a conflict to an end, to get an agreement, are the very people that are a part of that conflict in the first place.

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We were dealing with very devious people who had the capability to destroy me as a republican.

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This has been a good day, after a few very bad days.

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