Gerry Adams Quotations | Page 2

We have to make sure the Good Friday Agreement works.

We can be revisionist, and that's a good thing to be at times, but we shouldn't airbrush our history, so we can only make judgments in the objective conditions of that time.

Peace cannot be built on exclusion. That has been the price of the past 30 years.

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

Sinn Fein has the potential and capacity to become the vehicle for the attainment of republican objectives.

Sinn Fein has productively taken the example of South Africa and, as we develop the peace process, we continue to use examples from South Africa.

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

Republican patience with how unionism deals with the political institutions, and with key issues like equality and human rights, will be tested because, obviously, there will be a battle a day on these matters. So lets face up to all of this with our eyes wide open.

A real possibility now exists for a Government that is not led by either Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil

The last months, weeks and days have seen accelerating discussions, involving the DUP for the first time, about a comprehensive agreement which would see all outstanding matters dealt with and the Good Friday Agreement implemented in full.