“The only complaint I have heard from nationalists or anti-unionists is that he was not shot 40 years ago.”
— On IRA killing of former Northern Ireland Speaker, Sir Norman Stronge (November, 1982)
“The Brighton bombing was an inevitable result of the British presence in this country. Far from being a blow against democracy it was a blow for democracy.”
— On IRA bombing of Grand Hotel in Brighton, in which five people were killed. (November 3, 1984)
“That ageing geriatric whizz-kid seems intent on starting World War III.”
— On U.S. President Ronald Reagan, (November 3, 1984)
“There haven't been any attacks by the IRA on Protestants.”
— September 20, 1986
“I have no involvement in terrorist activity.”
— November 11, 1993
“I was a released internee; I was off the run. One of the reasons I had been chosen to be on the republican delegation for the talks was because I wasn't a wanted man... I played very little part in the meeting myself.”
— On 1972 meeting between IRA leaders and British ministers in London. (from autobiography Before the Dawn, 1996)

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Gerard Adams is an Irish republican retired politician who was the president of Sinn Féin from 1983 to 2018. He was a Teachta Dála for Louth from 2011 to 2020 and a Member of the Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly for Belfast West. From 1983 to 1992 and from 1997 to 2011, he was the Member of Parliament for the Belfast West constituency, but followed the Sinn Féin policy of abstentionism in the UK Parliament.

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Gerard Adams is an Irish republican retired politician who was the president of Sinn Féin from 1983 to 2018. He was a Teachta Dála for Louth from 2011 to 2020 and a Member of the Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly for Belfast West. From 1983 to 1992 and from 1997 to 2011, he was the Member of Parliament for the Belfast West constituency, but followed the Sinn Féin policy of abstentionism in the UK Parliament.

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