My father was a civil servant, fairly sort of middle ranking, low to middle ranking. He worked almost entirely in what was then called Administrative Labour, dealing with employment and unemployment issues

I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people.

The violence had broken out in both sides, but our philosophy as a party was very, very clear.

If the word 'No' was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless.

There were two mentalities, and both mentalities had to change. There was what I called the Afrikaner mind set of the Unionist politicians, which was holding all power in their own hands, and discriminating, and their objective was to protect their identity

When people are divided, the only solution is agreement.

The basic policy of the British Government was that since the majority of people in Northern Ireland wished to remain in the United Kingdom, that was that. We asked what would happen if the majority wanted something else, if the majority wanted to see Irish unity.