Gerry Adams Quotes & Sayings

“One man's transparency is another's humiliation.”

“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.”

“We have to make sure the Good Friday Agreement works.”

“Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.”

“If you militarise a situation, you beg for an armed response.”

“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.”

“It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo.”

“The days of humiliation, of second-class citizens and of inequality are over and gone forever.”

“For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.”

“Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfilment.”