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Republican patience with how unionism deals with the political institutions, and with key issues like equality and human rights, will be tested because, obviously, there will be a battle a day on these matters. So lets face up to all of this with...

Quote by Gerry Adams about equality, patience, eyes, human imperfections, day, face

Republics decline into democracies and democracies...

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

Quote by Aristotel about politics, decline

The definition of a Schwarzenegger Republican is a Bush...

The definition of a Schwarzenegger Republican is a Bush Republican who says he's a Schwarzenegger Republican.

Quote by Warren Beatty

Instead of creating new jobs, Republicans gave tax cuts...

Instead of creating new jobs, Republicans gave tax cuts to companies that send jobs overseas.

Quote by Joe Baca about companies

The Republican majority will stop at nothing to prevent...

The Republican majority will stop at nothing to prevent access to the legal system for those who are hurt.

Quote by Joe Baca about nothing

The Republicans would like to take us back to a darker...

The Republicans would like to take us back to a darker time, when corporations ruled and the underserved had no rights.

Quote by Joe Baca about companies, time

To help U.S. workers, farmers and businesses, and America's long-term economic security, Congress should take decisive action to bring about fair trade with China, instead of squandering this opportunity on a weak Republican bill.

Quote by Joe Baca about workers, bills, commerce, security, chance, action, help

At the same time there's a history in Hawaii of the emergence from pre-feudal separate islands into a kingdom, into a shotgun republic, into an annexed territory, and then into a state.

Quote by Neil Abercrombie about history, state, time

Land in Hawaii is money. What I'm talking about here is ceded land - land that belonged to the kingdom and was ceded to the republic and then to the state when we achieved statehood.

Quote by Neil Abercrombie about talking, state, money

The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more;...

The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.

Quote by Franklin P. Adams about nothing, man

A DUP demand for the humiliation of republicans is not...

A DUP demand for the humiliation of republicans is not only unacceptable, it will not happen and it has no place in a process of peace making.

Quote by Gerry Adams about peace

But I also hold the very strong view that republicans...

But I also hold the very strong view that republicans need to lead by example.

Quote by Gerry Adams about example, need

But if republicans are to prevail, if the peace process is to be successfully concluded and Irish sovereignty and re-unification secured, then we have to set the agenda - no-one else is going to do that.

Quote by Gerry Adams about peace

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.

Quote by Gerry Adams about fight, blind, past, rightness

Since then, there has been a vicious campaign of...

Since then, there has been a vicious campaign of vilification against republicans, driven in the main by the Irish government.

Quote by Gerry Adams

Sinn Fein has the potential and capacity to become the...

Sinn Fein has the potential and capacity to become the vehicle for the attainment of republican objectives.

Quote by Gerry Adams

The catalyst for much of this change is the growing...

The catalyst for much of this change is the growing support for republicanism.

Quote by Gerry Adams about change

The Irish Republican Army has kept every commitment made...

The Irish Republican Army has kept every commitment made by its leadership.

Quote by Gerry Adams about army, leadership

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

Quote by Gerry Adams about purpose

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.

Quote by Gerry Adams about problems, ability

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