That's healthy and good for us that there are people who are prepared to question what we are doing.
They were two very religious people. My father was a foundry worker and was a daily Mass attender, as was my mother. 
The reality is that the people that we represent are no longer going to be second-class citizens in their own country. 
Whenever people reach out the hand of friendship towards me, I am not going to refuse that hand. 
The British government needs to bring its system in Ireland under control. 
The sheer scale of what the Tories are attempting to do is staggering. But Sinn Fein will not agree to this ideologically driven austerity agenda. 
I would have felt ashamed if I had not been part of the resistance and part of fighting back against the forces of the state. 
Unlike the Tory millionaires, I live in the heart of the proud working-class community of the Bogside in Derry. 
In my view, a united Ireland is inevitable, and it is certainly more likely than a voluntary coalition which doesn't include Sinn Fein. 
Let everyone leave all the guns - British guns and Irish guns - outside the door. 
There are some discussions taking place in the United Arab Emirates about the prospects of a long-haul flight into Belfast. 
But the fact is that the vast majority of Republicans support the Sinn Fein leadership. 
I'm not going to be reduced to the position of being the implementer of Tory cuts in the North. 
I come from a very sporting family and played many sports as a lad. 
Let us walk into the conference room as equals and not second class citizens. 
I haven't done anything that I'm ashamed of. 
I don't know what caused my tinnitus, but I started to become aware of a very low ringing noise in my right ear, which is now constantly there. 
I'm not going to be known as the Sinn Fein Minister who did the bidding of a Tory administration which is focused on decimating the welfare state. 
You could count on the fingers of one hand the number of people in the north who said to me, 'When did you leave the IRA?' 
I never panic when I get a wasp at my ear. As soon as you strike out, they'll sting you. So just stay cool. 
I believe a united Ireland is inevitable. I have never put a date on it. 
I don't hate Peter Robinson, and I don't think Peter Robinson hates me. 
As a lad growing up in the Fifties and Sixties, I played both Gaelic football and soccer and loved them both. 
Sinn Fein will not do Tory austerity. 
The British government says that for Sinn Fein to be involved in talks the guns must be left at the door. 
The most important thing to say is that Sinn Fein isn't going back to anything. We are a party on the move. 
My parents were very religious. My mother came from Co Donegal to work in the shirt factory in Derry when she met my father. 
Well I think it has always been a mistake to reduce the peace process in Ireland to a decommissioning process. 
The spirt of 1916 is as relevant and inspiring today as it was a century ago. 
A lot of Labour people are telling me Labour is in poor shape. 
My ultimate dream would be for Derry City to become champions of an all-Ireland league in a united Ireland. 
As anyone who has tinnitus knows, it's not something that you can ignore, and you have to deal with it on a daily basis. 
I don't cheer when people lose their lives. 
It is amazing that you now have a bus company in Ballymena producing world class buses for Hong Kong, Singapore, London and Las Vegas. 
In 2016, let us all join the Rising, and the only final message is this very clear: Up the Rebels. Up a sovereign and independent Irish republic. 