Ian Paisley Quotes

• I was born in the island of Ireland. I have Irish traits in me - we don't all have the traits of what came from Scotland, there is the celtic factor... and I am an Irishman because you cannot be an Ulsterman without being an Irishman.

  Ian Paisley

  Islands, Scotland, Celtic

  "Unionist Politics and the Politics of Unionism Since the Anglo-Irish Agreement". Book by Feargal Cochrane, 1997.

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• Catholic homes caught fire because they were loaded with petrol bombs.

  Ian Paisley

  Home, Fire, Catholic

  "Only Ian Paisley could have delivered that peace deal in Northern Ireland" by Peter Hain, www.theguardian.com. September 12, 2014.

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• I have never made an inflammatory statement in my life

  Ian Paisley

  Made, Statements

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• Line dancing is as sinful as any other type of dancing, with its sexual gestures and touching. It is an incitement to lust.

  Ian Paisley

  Dancing, Touching, Lust

  "Paisley to quit as first minister and DUP leader" by Henry McDonald, www.theguardian.com. March 4, 2008.

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• I would rather be British than just.

  Ian Paisley

  British

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• Don't come crying to me if your homes are attacked. You will reap what you sow.

  Ian Paisley

  Home, Cry, Reap

  "1986: Ian Paisley's Battle Cry Condemned". "On This Day" page on BBC, news.bbc.co.uk.

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• You can't build the bridge of trust with the scaffolding of lies and underhand deals

  Ian Paisley

  Lying, Bridges, Deceit

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• I will never sit down with Gerry Adams . . . he'd sit with anyone. He'd sit down with the devil. In fact, Adams does sit down with the devil.

  Ian Paisley

  Devil, Doe, Facts

  "Northern Ireland's arch-enemies declare peace" by Owen Bowcott, www.theguardian.com. March 26, 2007.

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• I would never repudiate the fact that I am an Irishman

  Ian Paisley

  Facts, Irishmen

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• We're on the verge of civil war in Northern Ireland. Why? Because if you take away the forums of democracy you don't have anything left.

  Ian Paisley

  War, Democracy, Forums

  "1986: Ian Paisley's Battle Cry Condemned". "On This Day" page on BBC, news.bbc.co.uk.

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• Unsaturated fat is an outrage.

  Ian Paisley

  Outrage, Fats

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• Come Friday, the world will see what the Protestant people really think of this so-called peace process, which is really a surrender process.

  Ian Paisley

  Friday, Thinking, People

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• I believe that Northern Ireland has come to a time of peace, a time when hate will no longer rule.

  Ian Paisley

  Hate, Believe, Northern Ireland

  "The Rev Ian Paisley obituary" by Derek Brown and Owen Bowcott, www.theguardian.com. September 12, 2014.

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• I will walk on no grave of Ulster's honoured dead to do a deal with the IRA or the British government.

  Ian Paisley

  Government, Ulster, Ira

  1997 Speech at the annual conference of the Democratic Unionist Party. InThe IrishTimes,'ThisWeekThey Said', 6 Dec.

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• A man who keeps on going; a man who keeps his eye on the ball.

  Ian Paisley

  Eye, Men, His Eyes

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• Never confuse sitting on your side with being on your side.

  Ian Paisley

  Your Side, Sitting, Sides

  "Dishonourable Insults: A Cantankerous Collection of Political Invective". Book by Greg Knight, 2011.

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• The gun is not out of Irish politics.

  Ian Paisley

  Gun

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• People don't expect to die tomorrow, but they do take out insurance, don't they?

  Ian Paisley

  People, Tomorrow, Dies

  "Ian Paisley: DUP leader". news.bbc.co.uk. June 29, 2001.

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• We are not going into government with Sinn Fein.

  Ian Paisley

  Government, Sinn Fein

  "In quotes: Paisley and Adams", www.theguardian.com. March 26, 2007.

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• It was amazing that I was ever elected.

  Ian Paisley

  Northern Ireland, Ireland

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