Irish - Politician | October 6, 1948 -
We are totally committed to ending partition and to creating the conditions for unity and independence.
Gerry Adams
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For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.
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In the past I have defended the right of the IRA to engage in armed struggle. I did so because there was no alternative for those who would not bend the knee, or turn a blind eye to oppression, or for those who wanted a national republic.
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Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.
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At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means.
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Such decisions will be far reaching and difficult. But you never lacked courage in the past. Your courage is now needed for the future.
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War... some people glamorise war and glorify war. It's not nice, from whatever point of view you come from.
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When I wrote 'Before The Dawn,' I made it quite clear that there are lots of people involved in my life who I can't talk about simply because I'd put them at risk.
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Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfilment.
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Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead and gone. I've hugged trees in every part of this little island.
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But I also hold the very strong view that republicans need to lead by example.
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But if republicans are to prevail, if the peace process is to be successfully concluded and Irish sovereignty and re-unification secured, then we have to set the agenda - no-one else is going to do that.
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