Martin McGuinness Quotes

We have to govern by treating every single citizen equally.

I will not be silenced or deterred.

War is terrible. There is nothing romantic about war.

There are no military solutions - dialogue and diplomacy are the only guarantee of lasting peace.

I want to work with Peter Robinson as first minister in a positive, constructive way and leave the elections to the electorate.

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

Ireland's place north and south is in Europe and leading change in Europe.

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.

Let's leave beside them in another pile all the injustices which exist in the northern state.

I have huge respect for Nicola Sturgeon and for the SNP.

The last thing we want to see, given the success of the peace process, is the return of installations along the Irish border.

The war against British rule must continue until freedom is achieved.

In fact, I would defend to the death their right to express a different point of view.

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

World War One is an important part of Ireland's multi-layered history during which tens of thousands Irish people lost their lives.

I am opposed to abortion on demand, and I am opposed to the 1967 Act in Britain being transferred to the north.

I think that what is happening now in terms of the Brexit vote does represent a serious undermining of the Good Friday Agreement.

All I can do is to try and make the future better.

I would describe myself as a practising Catholic. This is only my opinion; others may disagree.

I will work with whoever is leader of the DUP.

Sinn Fein will not do Tory austerity.

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 don't hate Peter Robinson, and I don't think Peter Robinson hates me.

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.

It is amazing that you now have a bus company in Ballymena producing world class buses for Hong Kong, Singapore, London and Las Vegas.

I don't cheer when people lose their lives.

As a lad growing up in the Fifties and Sixties, I played both Gaelic football and soccer and loved them both.

The spirt of 1916 is as relevant and inspiring today as it was a century ago.

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.

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.

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.

My ultimate dream would be for Derry City to become champions of an all-Ireland league in a united Ireland.

A lot of Labour people are telling me Labour is in poor shape.

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

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.

I believe a united Ireland is inevitable. I have never put a date on it.

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?'

They were two very religious people. My father was a foundry worker and was a daily Mass attender, as was my mother.