It wasn't too difficult to see that [Ian] Paisley would never do anything positive.

There are two traditions in Northern Ireland. There are two main religious denominations. But there is only one true moral denomination. And it wants peace.

Politics can be likened to driving at night over unfamiliar hills and mountains. Close attention must be paid to what the beam can reach and the next bend.

As we take stock of this century of achievement, Ulster Unionists have every reason to feel proud.

In the future there cannot be room for ambiguity. They have to make their position absolutely clear before they can expect anyone to respond to it.

I knew what I had to do as party leader had to be sensible and relate to the real situation we were in, rather than a situation you would like to have.

We had the IRA ceasefire in August 1994 and a lot of people assumed that a deal had been done - which wasn't right.

I had read an early profile of [Tony] Blair by Frank Millar in which he said that Blair was very keen on the 'consent principle'.

There are still substantial areas of disagreement, .. you simply have to look at the public statements to see there is a significant gap.

The one thing I can assure you is that I'm not going to do a Prescott.

The decision to give an indicative date for a return is a mistake. It degrades the process. It degrades human life.

When storms come, we naturally want to run. What might happen in your friendships if you learned instead to stay put when storms hit?

It is better to die fighting than to die on your knees.

Prayer is a fellowship with a Supreme Being.

I want all the books on the she

No matter how ugly the manner in which a man dies, it’s only the presence of a suffering human soul that is horrifying, once gone, what is left is only an object.

We are all a little broken, looking for something whole to hang on to. But sometimes, what seems whole is even more broken than we are.

The suit-and-tie job is very nice, but it's not really who I am in my heart.

A recent conversation: Dubya: Look at the clock, time is racing! Cheney: That's the second hand, George.

I think one thing that does cause unhappiness is protracted anxiety and worry.

There are always great dangers in letting the best be the enemy of the good.