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Martin McGuinness

James Martin Pacelli McGuinness (Irish: Séamus Máirtín Pacelli Mag Aonghusa; 23 May 1950 – 21 March 2017) was an Irish republican and Sinn Féin politician who was the deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland from May 2007 to January 2017. A former Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) leader, McGuinness was the MP for Mid Ulster from 1997 until his resignation in 2013. Like all Sinn Féin MPs, McGuinness practised abstentionism in relation to the Westminster Parliament. Following the St Andrews Agreement and the Assembly election in 2007, as Sinn Féin's political leader in the North, he became deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland on 8 May 2007, with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Ian Paisley becoming First Minister. On 5 June 2008 he was re-appointed as deputy First Minister to serve alongside Peter Robinson, who succeeded Paisley as First Minister. McGuinness previously served as Minister of Education in the Northern Ireland Executive between 1999 and 2002. He was Sinn Féin's candidate for President of Ireland in the 2011 election.

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

Doors, Government, Gun, Involved, Left, Sinn

The reality is that the people that we represent are no longer going to be second-class citizens in their own country.

Class, Country, Longer, Reality

The most important thing to say is that Sinn Fein isn't going back to anything. We are a party on the move.

Fein, Important, Moving, Party, Say, Thing

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

Fastest, Growing, Ireland, Islands, Party, Sinn

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.

Appropriate, British, Doors, Government, Gun, Talks

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.

Ability, British, Decision, Giving, Government

The British government needs to bring its system in Ireland under control.

British, Government, Ireland, Needs, System

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

Decommissioning, Ireland, Mistake, Process, Thinking

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.

British, Car, Elements, Intelligence, Military

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

British, Doors, Everyone, Gun, Irish, Let

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

Good, Healthy, People, Prepared

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

Fact, Leadership, Majority, Republicans, Support

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.

Country, Decision, Opponents, Responsibility, Took, Travel

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

Ashamed, Done, Havens

British rule depends upon repression and collaboration and the Irish people should recognise that those who collaborate with Britain in exchange for a slice of the cake will implement British policy and remain silent when Irish people are murdered and oppressed. It is they who are responsible for prolonging the war in Ireland. Without the quislings, without the collaborators, we would already have reached freedom.

British, Cake, Ireland, People, Prolonging, War

Freedom can be gained only at the point of an IRA rifle, and I apologize to no one for saying that we support the freedom fighters of the IRA.

Freedom, Ira, Rifles, Saying, Support