Gerry Adams

"The only complaint I have heard from nationalists or anti-unionists is that he was not shot 40 years ago."

"Ive been listening to a phrase, Internment Without Trial. And I keep thinking of the people that were murdered without trial. Im not talking about the police, Im not talking about the army. Im talking about people that were shot dead on their doorsteps, through windows, in the presence of their children, their parents and their wives. These people in their graves are crying out for retribution and its not going to come anymore. And there are people who are not in their graves. Theyre in hospitals. Theyre in wheelchairs. There are girls who thought they were going to grow up, and never will. And young women who thought they were going to get married, and they never will, and theyd rather they were dead. And there are people too that... they dont want to be dead because their brains are destroyed, theyre vegetables and theyre going to be vegetables forever. And you are morally responsible for that! Morally, you are a murderer! And not only are you a murderer, but now you add the extra dimension by saying I want peace and youre a hypocrite as well!"

"Youve spoken about British rule of Ireland, and ending British rule in Ireland. I want to ask you this. Do you see Northern Ireland remaining part of the United Kingdom for the foreseeable future? Isnt that the truth of it, its going to? Everybody knows its going to. So why dont you level with your supporters and with the Irish people and say, it is going to remain part of the United Kingdom for the foreseeable future and now lets talk about how it can be made into a just society. Why dont you face up to reality?"

"The Brighton bombing was an inevitable result of the British presence in this country. Far from being a blow against democracy it was a blow for democracy."

"I was a released internee; I was off the run. One of the reasons I had been chosen to be on the republican delegation for the talks was because I wasnt a wanted man... I played very little part in the meeting myself."

"That ageing geriatric whizz-kid seems intent on starting World War III."

"I have no involvement in terrorist activity."

"There havent been any attacks by the IRA on Protestants."