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Gerry Adams
6 quotes
“The only complaint I have heard from nationalists or anti-unionists is that he was not shot 40 years ago.”
Gerry Adams (born 1948) first seen 1982 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On IRA killing of former Northern Ireland Speaker, Sir Norman Stronge (November, 1982)
“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.”
Gerry Adams (born 1948) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On IRA bombing of Grand Hotel in Brighton, in which five people were killed. (November 3, 1984)
“That ageing geriatric whizz-kid seems intent on starting World War III.”
Gerry Adams (born 1948) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On U.S. President Ronald Reagan, (November 3, 1984)
“There haven't been any attacks by the IRA on Protestants.”
Gerry Adams (born 1948) first seen 1986 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: September 20, 1986
“I have no involvement in terrorist activity.”
Gerry Adams (born 1948) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: November 11, 1993
“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 wasn't a wanted man... I played very little part in the meeting myself.”
Gerry Adams (born 1948) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On 1972 meeting between IRA leaders and British ministers in London. (from autobiography Before the Dawn, 1996)