Top 39 Quotes by Gerry Adams

But I also hold the very strong view that republicans need to lead by example.

It's hard to think of a 16-month child being anything other than a delight to be around.

For good or ill, I'm a person of leadership. I do my best. I don't dodge responsibility.

The unionists also for their part, want to minimise the potential for change, not only on the equality agenda but on the issues of sovereignty and ending the union.

We have to make sure the Good Friday Agreement works.

I think the worst kind of grief is unacknowledged grief.

In this context the British and Irish governments will have to promote a new, imaginative and dynamic alternative in which both governments will share power in the north.

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.

When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity.

Such decisions will be far reaching and difficult. But you never lacked courage in the past. Your courage is now needed for the future.