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Gerry Adams
Irish
Politician
Born:
Oct 6
,
1948
Good
Leadership
Peace
People
Think
You
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Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.
Gerry Adams
War
Peace
Making
Than
Much
Found
Harder
We are totally committed to ending partition and to creating the conditions for unity and independence.
Gerry Adams
Ending
Independence
Unity
Totally
Partition
Conditions
Committed
Creating
But I also hold the very strong view that republicans need to lead by example.
Gerry Adams
Strong
Example
Lead
Lead By Example
Also
Very
Hold
Republicans
View
Need
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.
Gerry Adams
Will
Power
Promote
Both
Share
New
Alternative
Context
Governments
Irish
North
Dynamic
Which
British
Imaginative
It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo.
Gerry Adams
Day
Change
Battle
Will
Those
Status
Status Quo
Maintain
Between
Always
Maximum
Want
Quo
Who
Republican patience with how unionism deals with the political institutions, and with key issues like equality and human rights, will be tested because, obviously, there will be a battle a day on these matters. So lets face up to all of this with our eyes wide open.
Gerry Adams
Day
Patience
Rights
Eyes
Battle
Equality
Key
Political
Will
Face
Matters
Human Rights
Our
Open
Like
Institutions
Obviously
Because
Deals
How
Issues
Tested
Political Institutions
Up
Human
Republican
Unionism
Lets
Wide
Sinn Fein has demonstrated the ability to play a leadership role as part of a popular movement towards peace, equality and justice.
Gerry Adams
Leadership
Justice
Peace
Equality
Ability
Part
Leadership Role
Towards
Fein
Sinn
Sinn Fein
Role
Movement
Popular
Play
The Irish Republican Army has kept every commitment made by its leadership.
Gerry Adams
Leadership
Army
Commitment
Made
Every
Irish
Republican
Kept
When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity.
Gerry Adams
Freedom
You
People
Unity
Defence
Gave
Others
Risen
Pursuit
Idly
Irish
Families
Stood
Your
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.
Gerry Adams
Obligations
Hide
Problems
Challenge
Will
Responsibility
Resolve
Others
Easily
Ability
Rise
Volunteers
Governments
Cannot
Republican
Mean
Your
Two
Sinn Fein has the potential and capacity to become the vehicle for the attainment of republican objectives.
Gerry Adams
Become
Objectives
Potential
Attainment
Vehicle
Fein
Sinn
Sinn Fein
Republican
Capacity
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.
Gerry Adams
Good
Rights
Entitlement
Enshrined
Must
Citizens
Promoted
London
Within
Dublin
Friday
Agreement
Actively
Good Friday
Basic
Basic Rights
Defended
Sinn Fein has productively taken the example of South Africa and, as we develop the peace process, we continue to use examples from South Africa.
Gerry Adams
Peace
Example
South Africa
Examples
Develop
Taken
Fein
Continue
South
Sinn
Sinn Fein
Africa
Process
Use
Productively
Peace Process
If you militarise a situation, you beg for an armed response.
Gerry Adams
You
Situation
Response
Armed
Beg
You can only judge anything that happened in the times, in the times that that happened.
Gerry Adams
You
Judge
Only
Times
Anything
Happened
I think there is a huge responsibility upon governments to understand the consequence of their decisions.
Gerry Adams
Responsibility
Think
Understand
Governments
Huge
Huge Responsibility
Decisions
Consequence
When I wrote 'Before The Dawn,' I made it quite clear that there are lots of people involved in my life who I can't talk about simply because I'd put them at risk.
Gerry Adams
Life
People
Made
My Life
Before
About
Risk
Dawn
Put
Clear
Simply
Involved
Talk
Wrote
Because
Lots
Quite
Them
Who
I think the worst kind of grief is unacknowledged grief.
Gerry Adams
Grief
Think
Worst
Worst Kind
Kind
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.
Gerry Adams
Me
You
People
State
Took
Unnecessary
Degrading
Indicted
Guys
Beat
Unconscious
Baggage
Over
Days
Period
End
Up
Forgive
Them
Shot
Who
Inhuman
Even
British
Treatment
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.
Gerry Adams
Prevail
Peace
Else
Secured
No-One
Concluded
Irish
Sovereignty
Going
Process
Republicans
Agenda
Then
Successfully
Peace Process
Set
We have to make sure the Good Friday Agreement works.
Gerry Adams
Good
Make
Sure
Friday
Works
Agreement
Good Friday
Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead and gone. I've hugged trees in every part of this little island.
Gerry Adams
Me
Will
Gone
Every
Enormous
Trees
About
Part
Dead
Talking
Calming
Island
Effect
Hugging
Little
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