Ian Paisley Quotes

I would never repudiate the fact that I am an Irishman

We are not going into government with Sinn Fein

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

It was amazing that I was ever elected.

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

I would rather be British than just.

I have never made an inflammatory statement in my life

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

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

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

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

The gun is not out of Irish politics.

Unsaturated fat is an outrage.

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