The Irish Republican Army has kept every commitment made by its leadership.

It's hard to think of a 16-month child being anything other than a delight to be around.

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

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

No Irish nationalist could support any treaty which institutionalizes British government claims to a part of Irish national territory. Indeed, the term - 'constitutional nationalism'- used by Mr.Mallon (SDLP) and his colleagues to describe their political philosophy is a contradiction in terms. The only constitutional nationalist in Ireland today is Sean McBride. He puts his nationalism within a framework of Irish constitutionality. Mr. Mallon, however, puts his within the framework of British constitutionality. Irish nationalism within British constitutionality is a contradiction in terms.

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

When I wrote 'Before The Dawn,' I made it quite clear that there are lots of people involved in my life who I can't talk about simply because I'd put them at risk.