The Good Friday Agreement and the basic rights and entitlements of citizens that are enshrined within it must be defended and actively promoted by London and Dublin.
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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.
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It means that Unionists who are for the Good Friday Agreement must end their ambivalence, ... And it is a direct challenge to the DUP to decide if they want to put the past behind them and make peace with the rest of the people of this island.
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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.
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Gerry, I'm a woman! We don't say what we want! But we do reserve the right to get pissed off if we don't get it. That's what makes us so fascinating! And not a little bit scary.
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The men and women of 1916 were visionaries. So were the hunger strikers. We need to be visionaries too.
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In the past I have defended the right of the IRA to engage in armed struggle. I did so because there was no alternative for those who would not bend the knee, or turn a blind eye to oppression, or for those who wanted a national republic.
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Gerry Ford is a nice guy, but he played too much football with his helmet off.
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The unionists also for their part, want to minimise the potential for change, not only on the equality agenda but on the issues of sovereignty and ending the union.
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There has been quite a lot of progress made and I think we will continue to make progress,
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You asserted the legitimacy of the right of the people of this island to freedom and independence. Many of your comrades made the ultimate sacrifice.
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an approach to the Agreement that subverts and ultimately brings about its collapse.
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One man's transparency is another's humiliation.
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I have set out my position. I am not going to move from it. It is my hope that Republicans right across the island and elsewhere will embrace that position,
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Sinn Fein welcomes the decision by the Ulster Unionist council.
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Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.
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Regrettably a small, unrepresentative group chose to ignore our appeal. Their actions were entirely wrong and reprehensible.
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isn't about guns. This is about those who are against change.
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I am confident the commitment made by the IRA will be honored,
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If you are asking me if the peace process can work if our party is expelled, no.
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It's good to be here with your heroes and heroines,
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To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.
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Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war
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I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.
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We have introduced something new into training at Spurs. Running.
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The private enterprise system indicates that some people have higher incomes than others.
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