Gerry Adams Quotes on War & Peace (19 Quotes)

I understand fully that the IRA's most recent positive contribution to the peace process was in the context of a comprehensive agreement.

very well motivated toward the peace process.

Today, I am delighted that the Nobel prize has gone to Ireland. I hope today's announcement will act as a catalyst to the next part of the peace process.

We have a range of candidates who are bedded in their local constituencies over quite a long period of time, who are working on a whole range of social and economic issues as well as the big national question, as well as the peace process, as well as the whole issue of Irish unity -- so we're going to do well,

Those who ran those agencies ... they hate republicans with a passion. For them the war isn't over, for them Good Friday (Agreement) was a huge mistake.

A DUP demand for the humiliation of republicans is not only unacceptable, it will not happen and it has no place in a process of peace making.

Having been in America as recently as November, there will be some people clearly who support the peace process, who support Sinn Fein, who support the Irish cause, who will not agree with me going to Cuba, but I think they will accept and understand it.

Sinn Fein has demonstrated the ability to play a leadership role as part of a popular movement towards peace, equality and justice.

Now is the time for peace, justice and rebuilding,

The IRA initiative is clearly a serious attempt to address the suspicions and the fears of those unionists who want to make progress, ... Everyone who wants the peace process to work will welcome this significant development.

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.

The White House has decided not to invite the Irish parties to the White House that would be a disappointment. But do I interpret this as a movement by this administration away from the peace process No, I don't. I don't. And if I did, I would be very very perturbed,

It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo.

Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.

There is still not peace. The agreement is not a settlement. There are good things in it, there are bad things in it that people will have to get their heads around,

In New York, Adams said Sinn Fein was committed to peace and had made as large a contribution to the peace agreement as other parties. I think I have worked as hard, ... We have all worked hard. The recognition that Sinn Fein has worked as hard comes from our having increased our vote in the last election.

Republican patience with how unionism deals with the political institutions, and with key issues like equality and human rights, will be tested because, obviously, there will be a battle a day on these matters. So lets face up to all of this with our eyes wide open.

Sinn Fein has productively taken the example of South Africa and, as we develop the peace process, we continue to use examples from South Africa.

It is likely that his death at this time is intended to undermine current efforts to make political progress. Those who carried out this murder are clearly opposed to the peace process.