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

I would rather be British than just.

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.

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

The gun is not out of Irish politics.

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