Gerry Adams
Gerry Adams
Gerard Adamsis an Irish republican politician who is the president of the Sinn Féin political party, and a Teachta Dálafor Louth since the 2011 general election...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 October 1948
CityBelfast, Northern Ireland
CountryIreland
catalyst change
The catalyst for much of this change is the growing support for republicanism.
glorify people point view war whatever
War... some people glamorise war and glorify war. It's not nice, from whatever point of view you come from.
barracks beat degrading guys indicted inhuman people period shot state took treatment
If I didn't forgive the people who took me into the barracks and beat me unconscious over a period of days during the period when the British state was indicted for inhuman and degrading treatment in 1971-72, or even the guys who shot me, if you don't forgive them, you end up with unnecessary baggage.
committed conditions totally
We are totally committed to ending partition and to creating the conditions for unity and independence.
both british dynamic power promote share
In this context the British and Irish governments will have to promote a new, imaginative and dynamic alternative in which both governments will share power in the north.
ability cannot easily hide mean others republican resolve responsibility
Your ability as republican volunteers, to rise to this challenge will mean that the two governments and others cannot easily hide from their obligations and their responsibility to resolve these problems.
agenda concluded peace
But if republicans are to prevail, if the peace process is to be successfully concluded and Irish sovereignty and re-unification secured, then we have to set the agenda - no-one else is going to do that.
agreement allow army democratic forward including leadership objectives peaceful time
At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means.
came friday good
We came here for a working day to get answers, from the two governments ... around the restoration of the institutions, around the implementation of the Good Friday agreement.
blair bring cannot change drive driving forward issue left mapped needs
To bring about change in this situation, it needs to be driven. Mr. Trimble is a learner-driver, and cannot be left in the driving seat. Mr. Blair has to drive the change forward on every issue that has been mapped out. ...
entitled people
The people are entitled to know what has been negotiated,
absolute john lies peace prime process responsibility restoring
The peace process lies in absolute ruins, ... And the responsibility for that -- and for restoring it -- lies with (British Prime Minister) John Major.
confident courageous decision defining historic ira lasting mode momentous move peaceful point represents search truly
Today's decision by the IRA to move into a new peaceful mode is historic and represents a courageous and confident initiative. It is truly momentous and is a defining point in the search for a lasting peace with justice.
asking party peace process work
If you are asking me if the peace process can work if our party is expelled, no.