But I also hold the very strong view that republicans need to lead by example.

You can only judge anything that happened in the times, in the times that that happened.

Sinn Fein has the potential and capacity to become the vehicle for the attainment of republican objectives.

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

I think there is a huge responsibility upon governments to understand the consequence of their decisions.

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.

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