I come from a very sporting family and played many sports as a lad.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

History is what we write, not what we remember. Why should we tarnish the memory of our planet by enshrining our less then noble deeds?

Family, can’t live with them, can’t orbitally bombard them back to the foul, oozing proto-plasma they crawled out of, I thought grimly.

Words are just words

Those who can truly see, know.

It took me awhile to learn the rules. OK, it took the librarian in me weeks of careful obsessive research to learn the rules. There was a label maker involved. I'd rather not go into it.

People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted and at seeing it practised.

O fret not after knowledge - I have none, and yet my song comes native with the warmth. O fret not after knowledge - I have none, and yet the Evening listens.

I could have evaded the FBI a lot longer if I had been able to control my passion for hacking.

Always believe in your dreams, because if you don't, you'll still have hope.

Art is not a luxury, but a necessity.