Irish - Politician | May 23, 1950 -
I never panic when I get a wasp at my ear. As soon as you strike out, they'll sting you. So just stay cool.
Martin McGuinness
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I would describe myself as a practising Catholic. This is only my opinion; others may disagree.
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As a young man on the streets of Derry, I saw Ian Paisley as an immortal opponent of everything to do with equality, justice, fairness, and respect for Irishness.
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My parents were very religious. My mother came from Co Donegal to work in the shirt factory in Derry when she met my father.
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They were two very religious people. My father was a foundry worker and was a daily Mass attender, as was my mother.
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I'm still an Irish republican; I absolutely believe in Irish unity and am working to achieve that. But over the course of 15 years or more, people like myself and others have been working to end the vicious cycle of conflict.
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War is terrible. There is nothing romantic about war.
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We have to govern by treating every single citizen equally.
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The spirt of 1916 is as relevant and inspiring today as it was a century ago.
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Sinn Fein is the only political party on this island working to end that fracture in their nation and to achieving the Republic set out in the proclamation.
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In 2016, let us all join the Rising, and the only final message is this very clear: Up the Rebels. Up a sovereign and independent Irish republic.
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I am very sure of the ground I stand on. I am also very sure that it is the path shared by republicans across this island genuinely interested in building a new agreed Ireland: republicans who put Ireland before ego, criminality, and self-gain.
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