Ian Paisley quotes
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“I would never repudiate the fact that I am an Irishman”
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“I will walk on no grave of Ulster's honoured dead to do a deal with the IRA or the British government.”
-- Ian PaisleySource : 1997 Speech at the annual conference of the Democratic Unionist Party. InThe IrishTimes,'ThisWeekThey Said', 6 Dec.
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“You can't build the bridge of trust with the scaffolding of lies and underhand deals”
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“Line dancing is as sinful as any other type of dancing, with its sexual gestures and touching. It is an incitement to lust.”
-- Ian PaisleySource : "Paisley to quit as first minister and DUP leader" by Henry McDonald, www.theguardian.com. March 4, 2008.
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“Don't come crying to me if your homes are attacked. You will reap what you sow.”
-- Ian PaisleySource : "1986: Ian Paisley's Battle Cry Condemned". "On This Day" page on BBC, news.bbc.co.uk.
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“Come Friday, the world will see what the Protestant people really think of this so-called peace process, which is really a surrender process.”
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“I believe that Northern Ireland has come to a time of peace, a time when hate will no longer rule.”
-- Ian PaisleySource : "The Rev Ian Paisley obituary" by Derek Brown and Owen Bowcott, www.theguardian.com. September 12, 2014.
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“Catholic homes caught fire because they were loaded with petrol bombs.”
-- Ian PaisleySource : "Only Ian Paisley could have delivered that peace deal in Northern Ireland" by Peter Hain, www.theguardian.com. September 12, 2014.
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“We are not going into government with Sinn Fein”
-- Ian PaisleySource : "In quotes: Paisley and Adams", www.theguardian.com. March 26, 2007.
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“I was born in the island of Ireland. I have Irish traits in me - we don't all have the traits of what came from Scotland, there is the celtic factor... and I am an Irishman because you cannot be an Ulsterman without being an Irishman”
-- Ian PaisleySource : "Unionist Politics and the Politics of Unionism Since the Anglo-Irish Agreement". Book by Feargal Cochrane, 1997.
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“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.”
-- Ian PaisleySource : "1986: Ian Paisley's Battle Cry Condemned". "On This Day" page on BBC, news.bbc.co.uk.
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“Never confuse sitting on your side with being on your side.”
-- Ian PaisleySource : "Dishonourable Insults: A Cantankerous Collection of Political Invective". Book by Greg Knight, 2011.
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“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.”
-- Ian PaisleySource : "Northern Ireland's arch-enemies declare peace" by Owen Bowcott, www.theguardian.com. March 26, 2007.
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“People don't expect to die tomorrow, but they do take out insurance, don't they?”
-- Ian PaisleySource : "Ian Paisley: DUP leader". news.bbc.co.uk. June 29, 2001.
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