Quotes About Martin McGuinness

Our visits to the United States have brought huge benefits by helping attract foreign direct investment on a scale not previously seen in the north of Ireland.

The last thing we want to see, given the success of the peace process, is the return of installations along the Irish border.

I do not think we can dismiss the contribution that people make, particularly when it is a very dangerous occupation to be involved in building support for the peace process.

Let me put it like this: I am not prepared to officiate over on behalf of the British government what I think is a disastrous strategy which will impact on some of the most vulnerable and poorest people within our society.

I do have a very deep sense of regret that there was a conflict and that people lost their lives, and you know, many were responsible for that - and a lot of them wear pinstripe suits in London today.

I think people see me as someone very much associated with political agreement and, probably more than anything else, being able to build a relationship with loyalist leaders Ian Paisley and Peter Robinson.

Let's leave beside them in another pile all the injustices which exist in the northern state.

Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require.

If there is a vote in Britain to leave the E.U. there is a democratic imperative to provide Irish citizens with the right to vote in a border poll to end partition and retain a role in the E.U.

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.

My parents were very religious. My mother came from Co Donegal to work in the shirt factory in Derry when she met my father.

There are some discussions taking place in the United Arab Emirates about the prospects of a long-haul flight into Belfast.

We don't believe that winning elections and winning any amount of votes will win freedom in Ireland. At the end of the day, it will be the cutting edge of the IRA which will bring freedom.

The most important thing to say is that Sinn Fein isn't going back to anything. We are a party on the move.

The position is clear - there is no ambiguity in Sinn Fein's position. We, along with all the other parties, have signed up to a reduced rate of corporation tax of 12.5 % by 2018.

I am opposed to abortion on demand, and I am opposed to the 1967 Act in Britain being transferred to the north.

A lot of Labour people are telling me Labour is in poor shape.

The fact is that a car used by Gerry Adams and myself during the course of the Mitchell review was bugged by elements within British military intelligence.

But the fact is that the vast majority of Republicans support the Sinn Fein leadership.