Martin McGuinness Quotes

• British rule depends upon repression and collaboration and the Irish people should recognise that those who collaborate with Britain in exchange for a slice of the cake will implement British policy and remain silent when Irish people are murdered and oppressed. It is they who are responsible for prolonging the war in Ireland. Without the quislings, without the collaborators, we would already have reached freedom.

  Martin McGuinness

  War, Cake, People

  60 Copy quote

• The reality is that the people that we represent are no longer going to be second-class citizens in their own country.

  Martin McGuinness

  Country, Reality, Class

  49 Copy quote

• Freedom can be gained only at the point of an IRA rifle, and I apologize to no one for saying that we support the freedom fighters of the IRA.

  Martin McGuinness

  Support, Rifles, Ira

  46 Copy quote

• Let everyone leave all the guns - British guns and Irish guns - outside the door.

  Martin McGuinness

  Gun, Doors, British

  34 Copy quote

• I haven't done anything that I'm ashamed of.

  Martin McGuinness

  Done, Ashamed, Havens

  28 Copy quote

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

  Martin McGuinness

  Party, Moving, Important

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• That's healthy and good for us that there are people who are prepared to question what we are doing.

  Martin McGuinness

  People, Healthy, Prepared

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• The British government needs to bring its system in Ireland under control.

  Martin McGuinness

  Government, Needs, British

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• Well I think it has always been a mistake to reduce the peace process in Ireland to a decommissioning process.

  Martin McGuinness

  Mistake, Thinking, Process

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• Sinn Fein is the fastest growing party on the island of Ireland.

  Martin McGuinness

  Party, Islands, Growing

  13 Copy quote

• If the British government is prepared to say that the Unionists will not have a veto over British government policy and that guns, vetoes and injustices will all be left outside the door, then there is no good reason why talks cannot take place in an appropriate atmosphere.

  Martin McGuinness

  Gun, Government, Doors

  12 Copy quote

• Along with that ongoing process Sinn Fein took a decision to establish a peace commission which had the responsibility to travel around the country to receive submissions from the general public, also our opponents.

  Martin McGuinness

  Country, Travel, Responsibility

  10 Copy quote

• The British government says that for Sinn Fein to be involved in talks the guns must be left at the door.

  Martin McGuinness

  Gun, Government, Doors

  7 Copy quote

• 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.

  Martin McGuinness

  Government, Giving, Decision

  26 Copy quote

• 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.

  Martin McGuinness

  Military, Car, Facts

  17 Copy quote

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

  Martin McGuinness

  Leadership, Support, Majority

  7 Copy quote

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