Martin McGuinness Zitate – Sprüche auf Englisch mit Übersetzung

Zitat des Tages von Martin McGuinness:

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

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

Martin McGuinness

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

Martin McGuinness

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

Martin McGuinness

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

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

Martin McGuinness

I was proud to be a member of the IRA. I am still 40 years on proud that I was a member of the IRA. I am not going to be a hypocrite and sit here and say something different.

Martin McGuinness

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

Martin McGuinness

Whenever people reach out the hand of friendship towards me, I am not going to refuse that hand.

Martin McGuinness

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

Martin McGuinness

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

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

Martin McGuinness

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

Our visits to the United States have brought huge benefits by helping attract foreign direct investment on a scale not previously seen in the north of Ireland.

Martin McGuinness

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.

Martin McGuinness

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

In my view, a united Ireland is inevitable, and it is certainly more likely than a voluntary coalition which doesn't include Sinn Fein.

Martin McGuinness

I'm still an Irish republican; I absolutely believe in Irish unity and am working to achieve that. But over the course of 15 years or more, people like myself and others have been working to end the vicious cycle of conflict.

Martin McGuinness

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?'

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Let us walk into the conference room as equals and not second class citizens.

Martin McGuinness

Sinn Fein is the only political party on this island working to end that fracture in their nation and to achieving the Republic set out in the proclamation.

Martin McGuinness

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.

Martin McGuinness

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

Martin McGuinness

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

Martin McGuinness

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

Martin McGuinness

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

Martin McGuinness

I think that Peter Mandelson, particularly in relation to the issue of policing, made a huge mess of it. He allowed himself to be manipulated by the securocrats within the British establishment.

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There is not much point in establishing an organisation like the independent commission for information retrieval, or the other organisations that we agreed to, if we do not encourage people to participate.

Martin McGuinness

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

Martin McGuinness

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

Martin McGuinness

The position is clear - there is no ambiguity in Sinn Fein's position. We, along with all the other parties, have signed up to a reduced rate of corporation tax of 12.5 % by 2018.

Martin McGuinness

If there is a vote in Britain to leave the E.U. there is a democratic imperative to provide Irish citizens with the right to vote in a border poll to end partition and retain a role in the E.U.

Martin McGuinness

The people who were marching at Peggy O'Hara's funeral gave the impression they were associated with the INLA, which is supposed to be on ceasefire and to have decommissioned some of their weapons. I ask if they could have honoured her in a more dignified way.

Martin McGuinness

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

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Commemorations can stimulate debate, which will ultimately lead to a greater understanding of the events of our 'through-other' history and to shape a better future.

Martin McGuinness

I do not think we can dismiss the contribution that people make, particularly when it is a very dangerous occupation to be involved in building support for the peace process.

Martin McGuinness

What's important is that, when you're tested, you stand firm against the violent activities of those who would try to plunge our people back into the misery of the past.

Martin McGuinness