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
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.
concession designed further
This was designed to be a further concession to Sinn Fein,
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.
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.
appointed
were appointed by the IRA, not the governments.
complete deal deception ireland lies northern portray sellout short total union
It is nothing short of deception and lies to portray this deal as strengthening the union (between Northern Ireland and Britain), ... complete and total sellout of our province.
hollow
is a hollow gesture, because we don't want words. We want actions.
finger pointing tonight
There is a finger pointing tonight at IRA-Sinn Fein.
excuse
there is no excuse for it; it has to stop.
anger deals fighting government great meant terrorists
There is great anger, ... ... here is a government which is meant to be fighting terrorists doing deals with terrorists.
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.
finally gun irish taken today
Today was to be the day when the gun was to be finally taken out of Irish politics.
ira naive
It would be naive to take the IRA at its word,
far movement
In so far as it goes, such movement is to be welcomed.