There are no military solutions - dialogue and diplomacy are the only guarantee of lasting peace.

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.

The fact that you are possessed by a demon does not mean you must become evil. Being evil is a choice, just as being good is a choice. If you let the demon take over, it's because you choose to.

I used to fly off the handle in everyday life, but I'm a little calmer now.

What a great opportunity to come to my fifth Olympics, be flag bearer and also be a returning medalist so I have a platform to talk about something and hopefully do some good in this world.

Politics is so much about serendipity that we've got to have a bigger pool of women, so that when people drop out of the process, you've got others to turn to.

Love is strange, sometimes it makes you crazy, it can burn or break you down.

Businessmen must move with the times...the correlation between knowledge and business as the key to success is closer than ever.

I've always hated narrative songs. I hate those songs where, basically, it's an unfolding of a story.

If you want to sell the most records, duet with me. If you need someone to come in and bless your record sales, I'm your man.

Strikers are egotists, selfish. We have to be.

I play my king all over the board. I make him fight!