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

A real possibility now exists for a Government that is not led by either Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil

When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity.

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's been a long time coming but the reality is that this process is at a crossroads.

Peace cannot be built on exclusion. That has been the price of the past 30 years.

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