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" Sinn Fein is the only political party on this island working to end that fracture in their nation and to achieving the Republic set out in the proclamation. "

Martin McGuinness

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" If the British government is prepared to say that the Unionists will not have a veto over British government policy and that guns, vetoes and injustices will all be left outside the door, then there is no good reason why talks cannot take place in an appropriate atmosphere. "

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" I never panic when I get a wasp at my ear. As soon as you strike out, they'll sting you. So just stay cool. "

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

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" Within loyalism and the UVF, there are clearly people who are not just aggravated by the issue around flags or parades. They're aggravated by me and Sinn Fein being in government. They're opposed to the political institutions - there's an inability of a minority within loyalism to accept the concept of equality. "

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" The sheer scale of what the Tories are attempting to do is staggering. But Sinn Fein will not agree to this ideologically driven austerity agenda. "

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" I was proud to be a member of the IRA. I am still 40 years on proud that I was a member of the IRA. I am not going to be a hypocrite and sit here and say something different. "

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