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.

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.

Difference is of the essence of humanity.

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 grew up in Derry, of course, and it was - Derry was the worst example of Northern Ireland's discrimination.

All conflict is about difference; whether the difference is race religion, or nationality.

Therefore they should come to the table and reach an agreement that would protect their identity.