Sinn Fein Has The Potential And Capacity

In The Past I Have Defended The Right Of The Ira To Engage In Armed Struggle. I Did So Because There Was No Alternative For Those Who Would Not Bend The Knee, Or Turn A Blind Eye To Oppression, Or For Those Who Wanted A National Republic.

The Irish Republican Army Has Kept Every Commitment Made By Its Leadership.

Making Peace, I Have Found, Is Much Harder Than Making War.

I Was Leaving The Belfast Court, Where I Had Been Called To Answer A Very Flimsy Charge, Later Dismissed. You're Relatively Safe In Such Areas In The Irish Community, But To Go To Downtown Belfast For Me Is Dangerous. My Appearance In Court Had Been Well Advertised By The Police. I Think It Was Too Much Of A Coincidence That The People Who Shot Me Were Just Passing By.

Your Determination, Selflessness And Courage Have Brought The Freedom Struggle Towards Its Fulfillment.