Gerry Adams
Gerry Adams
Gerard Adamsis an Irish republican politician who is the president of the Sinn Féin political party, and a Teachta Dálafor Louth since the 2011 general election...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 October 1948
CityBelfast, Northern Ireland
CountryIreland
came cast good helping narrow position ways
When I came in, I said I had hoped... that we would have a good meeting, and we had, ... I put it to Mr. Trimble that he and I had been cast in this position and we had to narrow the gap. We had to try (to find) ways of me helping him and him helping me.
bound build distrust opportunity people resolve seize space
There is bound to be distrust here. People have been hurt, people have been killed. There is bound to be suspicion. There is bound to be hatred. There is bound to be fear. And the way to resolve that is to seize that opportunity and build on that opportunity and widen the space which has been created.
absent mindset required unionist
The psychological mindset that is required for peacemaking is absent from Unionist thinking,
candidates economic issues range social
We have a range of candidates who are ... working on a whole range of social and economic issues
candidates economic irish issues local national peace period quite range social unity
We have a range of candidates who are bedded in their local constituencies over quite a long period of time, who are working on a whole range of social and economic issues as well as the big national question, as well as the peace process, as well as the whole issue of Irish unity -- so we're going to do well,
agreement clear except forward friday good
make it very very clear there is no way forward except the Good Friday agreement.
justice time
Now is the time for peace, justice and rebuilding,
maintaining-the-status-quo battle challenging-the-status-quo
It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo.
situation response ifs
If you militarise a situation, you beg for an armed response.
judgment good-things conditions
We can be revisionist, and that's a good thing to be at times, but we shouldn't airbrush our history, so we can only make judgments in the objective conditions of that time.
republican capacity sinn-fein
Sinn Fein has the potential and capacity to become the vehicle for the attainment of republican objectives.