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For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.

- Gerry Adams
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The unionists also for their part, want to minimise the potential for change, not only on the equality agenda but on the issues of sovereignty and ending the union.

In this context the British and Irish governments will have to promote a new, imaginative and dynamic alternative in which both governments will share power in the north.

Such decisions will be far reaching and difficult. But you never lacked courage in the past. Your courage is now needed for the future.

Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.

Sinn Fein has productively taken the example of South Africa and, as we develop the peace process, we continue to use examples from South Africa.

Your ability as republican volunteers, to rise to this challenge will mean that the two governments and others cannot easily hide from their obligations and their responsibility to resolve these problems.

The way forward is by building political support for republican and democratic objectives across Ireland and by winning support for these goals internationally.

The last months, weeks and days have seen accelerating discussions, involving the DUP for the first time, about a comprehensive agreement which would see all outstanding matters dealt with and the Good Friday Agreement implemented in full.

It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo.

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For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.