David Trimble

The dark shadow we seem to see in the distance is not really a mountain ahead, but the shadow of the mountain…

— David Trimble

The decision to give an indicative date for a return is a mistake. It degrades the process. It degrades human life.

— David Trimble

We had a completely deniable exchange of papers - in the winter before the 1997 election - with [Tony] Blair, setting out…

— David Trimble

There are two traditions in Northern Ireland. There are two main religious denominations. But there is only one true moral denomination. And…

— David Trimble

The one thing I can assure you is that I'm not going to do a Prescott.

— David Trimble

During the 1996 Forum election my election agent, John Dobson, told me that at some stage down the line we were going…

— David Trimble

Politics can be likened to driving at night over unfamiliar hills and mountains. Close attention must be paid to what the beam…

— David Trimble

As we take stock of this century of achievement, Ulster Unionists have every reason to feel proud.

— David Trimble

It wasn't too difficult to see that [Ian] Paisley would never do anything positive.

— David Trimble

It seemed to me that John [Taylor] had a good chance of becoming leader: and I was fairly comfortable with that. I…

— David Trimble

We had the IRA ceasefire in August 1994 and a lot of people assumed that a deal had been done - which…

— David Trimble

The Republican movement have not behaved properly over the years. They have not themselves implemented the Agreement. If they had implemented the…

— David Trimble

I knew what I had to do as party leader had to be sensible and relate to the real situation we were…

— David Trimble

There are still substantial areas of disagreement, .. you simply have to look at the public statements to see there is a…

— David Trimble

In the future there cannot be room for ambiguity. They have to make their position absolutely clear before they can expect anyone…

— David Trimble

I had read an early profile of [Tony] Blair by Frank Millar in which he said that Blair was very keen on…

— David Trimble

I was organizing a fringe meeting at the Conservative Party conference in October 1994 and I got a message that the Prime…

— David Trimble

There was a process in place at that time - the Downing Street Declaration of December 1993 - which set out the…

— David Trimble