Ian Paisley
Ian Paisley
Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, Baron Bannside, PCwas a loyalist politician and Protestant religious leader from Northern Ireland...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 April 1926
CityArmagh, Northern Ireland
role savior
The role we play is savior of the union,
ira naive
It would be naive to take the IRA at its word,
allied cannot carried crime date dependent entrance gone government party political terror
Entrance to government cannot be dependent on a date but only when terror and crime carried out by those allied to a political party is gone forever.
accept turn violence
We don't accept their word, ... If they turn to violence, that is their doing, and they will turn to violence if they don't get their way.
affairs dublin fein government internal ireland loyal man northern run talks writ
Bertie Ahern, your writ does not run here in loyal Ulster. Any man that talks to Sinn Fein or the Dublin government about the internal affairs of Northern Ireland is a traitor.
ireland northern people
Do they think that the people of Northern Ireland are fools?
deception demands truth unionist witnessed
Will unionist demands for open, verifiable, photographed and witnessed decommissioning be adhered to or not? ... The day for deception is over. The day for the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth has come.
midst proved telling time trying words
I was telling the truth, I said I was very, very worried. At that time I was in the midst of trying to get a way whereby this would not happen. And it has happened. My words have been proved to be right.
concession designed further
This was designed to be a further concession to Sinn Fein,
deal deceptive north
The North can be a deceptive place; it is not a done deal
beating chest negotiate showing table
Then we have the beating of the chest of Mr. Trimble, and the showing of his muscles, ... And he said never would he be at the table to negotiate with the IRA.
drastic fein further leaders leaders-and-leadership northern present tragic useless
Take it from me that your condemnation and further exhortation to the leaders of IRA/Sinn Fein is useless in the present drastic and tragic circumstances of Northern Ireland. When are you going to take action?
appointed
were appointed by the IRA, not the governments.
finally gun irish taken today
Today was to be the day when the gun was to be finally taken out of Irish politics.