Armed struggle is a necessary and morally correct form of resistance in the Six Counties against a government whose presence is rejected by the vast majority of the Irish people There are those who tell us that the British government will not be moved by armed struggle. As has been said before, the history of Ireland and of British colonial involvement throughout the world tells us that they will not be moved by anything else.

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

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.

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

For good or ill, I'm a person of leadership. I do my best. I don't dodge responsibility.

I stopped buying Sunday papers about 15 years ago, because you'd buy handfuls of them, and what you got, because the hard news comes from so many other channels, was opinion pieces. You're better off spending the money on a good novel.

I like to think I'm very grounded. I'm very grounded in my family. I'm very grounded in my community.