Ian Paisley Quotes

I will walk on no grave of Ulster's honoured dead to do a deal with the IRA or the British government.

I would rather be British than just.

Come Friday, the world will see what the Protestant people really think of this so-called peace process, which is really a surrender process.

People don't expect to die tomorrow, but they do take out insurance, don't they?

A man who keeps on going; a man who keeps his eye on the ball.

I would never repudiate the fact that I am an Irishman

I was born in the island of Ireland. I have Irish traits in me - we don't all have the traits of what came from Scotland, there is the celtic factor... and I am an Irishman because you cannot be an Ulsterman without being an Irishman.

Line dancing is as sinful as any other type of dancing, with its sexual gestures and touching. It is an incitement to lust.

We're on the verge of civil war in Northern Ireland. Why? Because if you take away the forums of democracy you don't have anything left.

Unsaturated fat is an outrage.

Don't come crying to me if your homes are attacked. You will reap what you sow.

You can't build the bridge of trust with the scaffolding of lies and underhand deals

I believe that Northern Ireland has come to a time of peace, a time when hate will no longer rule.

Catholic homes caught fire because they were loaded with petrol bombs.

We are not going into government with Sinn Fein.

The gun is not out of Irish politics.

I will never sit down with Gerry Adams . . . he'd sit with anyone. He'd sit down with the devil. In fact, Adams does sit down with the devil.

I have never made an inflammatory statement in my life

It was amazing that I was ever elected.

Never confuse sitting on your side with being on your side.