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> [If I didn't forgive the people who took me into the barracks and beat me unconscious over a period of days during the period when the British state was indicted for inhuman and degrading treatment in 1971-72, or even the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-adams/if-i-didn-t-forgive-the-people-who-took-me-into-the-barracks-and-beat/)

[Gerry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-adams/)

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## More by Gerry Adams

> [I nominate the Reverend Ian Paisley for the position of First Minister of northern Ireland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-adams/i-nominate-the-reverend-ian-paisley-for-the-position-of-first/)

[Gerry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-adams/)

> [Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead and gone.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-adams/hugging-trees-has-a-calming-effect-on-me-i-m-talking-about-enormous/)

[Gerry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-adams/)

> [Your ability as republican volunteers, to rise to this challenge will mean that the two governments and others cannot easily hide from their obligations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-adams/your-ability-as-republican-volunteers-to-rise-to-this-challenge-will/)

[Gerry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-adams/)

> [At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-adams/at-that-time-the-army-leadership-said-the-implementation-of-this/)

[Gerry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-adams/)

> [It's hard to think of a 16-month child being anything other than a delight to be around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-adams/it-s-hard-to-think-of-a-16-month-child-being-anything-other-than-a/)

[Gerry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-adams/)

> [I stopped buying Sunday papers about 15 years ago, because you'd buy handfuls of them, and what you got, because the hard news comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-adams/i-stopped-buying-sunday-papers-about-15-years-ago-because-you-d-buy/)

[Gerry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-adams/)

> [We are totally committed to ending partition and to creating the conditions for unity and independence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-adams/we-are-totally-committed-to-ending-partition-and-to-creating-the/)

[Gerry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-adams/)

> [There can be no such things as an Irish nationalist accepting the loyalist veto and partition. You cannot claim to be an Irish nationalist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-adams/there-can-be-no-such-things-as-an-irish-nationalist-accepting-the/)

[Gerry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-adams/)

> [Once water charges are in place they will only go up. This has been the history of all these charges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-adams/once-water-charges-are-in-place-they-will-only-go-up-this-has-been/)

[Gerry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-adams/)

> [I think there is a huge responsibility upon governments to understand the consequence of their decisions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-adams/i-think-there-is-a-huge-responsibility-upon-governments-to-understand/)

[Gerry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-adams/)

> [A real possibility now exists for a Government that is not led by either Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-adams/a-real-possibility-now-exists-for-a-government-that-is-not-led-by/)

[Gerry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-adams/)

> [“It will always be a batt le a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-adams/it-will-always-be-a-batt-le-a-day-between-those-who-want-maximum/)

[Gerry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-adams/)

> [The way forward is by building political support for republican and democratic objectives across Ireland and by winning support for these goals internationally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-adams/the-way-forward-is-by-building-political-support-for-republican-and/)

[Gerry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-adams/)

> [Republican patience with how unionism deals with the political institutions, and with key issues like equality and human rights, will be tested because, obviously,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-adams/republican-patience-with-how-unionism-deals-with-the-political/)

[Gerry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-adams/)

> [I think the worst kind of grief is unacknowledged grief.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-adams/i-think-the-worst-kind-of-grief-is-unacknowledged-grief/)

[Gerry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-adams/)

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