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

Before the arrival of the Credit Union, people who were from the poor background or a working class background couldn't borrow from banks.

The civil rights movement in the United States was about the same thing, about equality of treatment for all sections of the people, and that is precisely what our movement was about

I went to the local schools, the local state primary school, and then to the local grammar school. A secondary school, which technically was an independent school, it was not part of the state educational system.

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

I was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties start a little bit beyond that.

Total ghettoization, because they were in charge of public housing, the local council, and they deliberately located people in a ghetto situation in order to ensure that they maintained control.