Martin McGuinness

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

— Martin McGuinness

War is terrible. There is nothing romantic about war.

— Martin McGuinness

I don't cheer when people lose their lives.

— Martin McGuinness

A lot of Labour people are telling me Labour is in poor shape.

— Martin McGuinness

I come from a very sporting family and played many sports as a lad.

— Martin McGuinness

Sinn Fein will not do Tory austerity.

— Martin McGuinness

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

— Martin McGuinness

I don't know what caused my tinnitus, but I started to become aware of a very low ringing noise in my right…

— Martin McGuinness

I am opposed to abortion on demand, and I am opposed to the 1967 Act in Britain being transferred to the north.

— Martin McGuinness

I'm not going to be reduced to the position of being the implementer of Tory cuts in the North.

— Martin McGuinness

They were two very religious people. My father was a foundry worker and was a daily Mass attender, as was my mother.

— Martin McGuinness

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

— Martin McGuinness

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

— Martin McGuinness

The last thing we want to see, given the success of the peace process, is the return of installations along the Irish…

— Martin McGuinness

My ultimate dream would be for Derry City to become champions of an all-Ireland league in a united Ireland.

— Martin McGuinness

I remember vividly as a 15-year-old, in 1964, seeing Derry play Glentoran in the Irish Cup Final at Windsor Park in Belfast.…

— Martin McGuinness

I don't think the majority of people - to be quite honest - care. I think they see me as someone who…

— Martin McGuinness

The people who were marching at Peggy O'Hara's funeral gave the impression they were associated with the INLA, which is supposed to…

— Martin McGuinness

If Britain votes to leave the European Union, then that could have huge implications for the entire island of Ireland and, given…

— Martin McGuinness

We don't believe that winning elections and winning any amount of votes will win freedom in Ireland. At the end of the…

— Martin McGuinness

I lost a lot of friends at the hands of the British Army. The person who actually introduced me to my wife,…

— Martin McGuinness

The position is clear - there is no ambiguity in Sinn Fein's position. We, along with all the other parties, have signed…

— Martin McGuinness

I do have a very deep sense of regret that there was a conflict and that people lost their lives, and you…

— Martin McGuinness

It was traumatic for my children to see the British army en masse coming into our home and searching the house. I…

— Martin McGuinness

British rule depends upon repression and collaboration and the Irish people should recognise that those who collaborate with Britain in exchange for…

— Martin McGuinness

Within loyalism and the UVF, there are clearly people who are not just aggravated by the issue around flags or parades. They're…

— Martin McGuinness

I know who Queen Elizabeth represents. I know she's the head of the British state. I know she has all sorts of…

— Martin McGuinness

Whenever people reach out the hand of friendship towards me, I am not going to refuse that hand.

— Martin McGuinness

As a lad growing up in the Fifties and Sixties, I played both Gaelic football and soccer and loved them both.

— Martin McGuinness

You could count on the fingers of one hand the number of people in the north who said to me, 'When did…

— Martin McGuinness

Let's leave beside them in another pile all the injustices which exist in the northern state.

— Martin McGuinness

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

— Martin McGuinness

There are some discussions taking place in the United Arab Emirates about the prospects of a long-haul flight into Belfast.

— Martin McGuinness

Let us walk into the conference room as equals and not second class citizens.

— Martin McGuinness

The sheer scale of what the Tories are attempting to do is staggering. But Sinn Fein will not agree to this ideologically…

— Martin McGuinness

I would describe myself as a practising Catholic. This is only my opinion; others may disagree.

— Martin McGuinness

Unlike the Tory millionaires, I live in the heart of the proud working-class community of the Bogside in Derry.

— Martin McGuinness

I'm not going to be known as the Sinn Fein Minister who did the bidding of a Tory administration which is focused…

— Martin McGuinness

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

— Martin McGuinness

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

— Martin McGuinness