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

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

War some people glamorise war and glorify war. It's not nice, from whatever point of view you come from.

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.

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

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

I was leaving the Belfast court, where I had been called to answer a very flimsy charge, later dismissed. You're relatively safe in such areas in the Irish community, but to go to downtown Belfast for me is dangerous. My appearance in court had been well advertised by the police. I think it was too much of a coincidence that the people who shot me were just passing by.