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.

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

Sinn Fein has demonstrated the ability to play a leadership role as part of a popular movement towards peace, equality and justice.

It might or might not be right to kill, but sometimes it is necessary.

The way forward is by building political support for republican and democratic objectives across Ireland and by winning support for these goals internationally.

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

There can be no such things as an Irish nationalist accepting the loyalist veto and partition. You cannot claim to be an Irish nationalist if you consent to an internal six county settlement and if you are willing to negotiate the state of Irish society with a foreign government.