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Ian Paisley

(1926–2014) Politician United Kingdom

20 quotes in 81 categories

Ian Paisley was a politician from the United Kingdom, best known for The "Fifty Nine" Revival.

Quick Facts About Ian Paisley

Born: April 6, 1926
Died: September 12, 2014
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Politician
Notable works: The "Fifty Nine" Revival
Spouse: Eileen Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St George's

About Ian Paisley

Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, Baron Bannside was a loyalist politician and Protestant religious leader from Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from 1971 to 2008 and First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2007 to 2008.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Ian Paisley

People don't expect to die tomorrow, but they do take out insurance, don't they?

Dies

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Never confuse sitting on your side with being on your side.

Inspirational

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Don't come crying to me if your homes are attacked. You will reap what you sow.

Cry

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I will walk on no grave of Ulster's honoured dead to do a deal with the IRA or the British government.

British

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A man who keeps on going; a man who keeps his eye on the ball.

Balls

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We are not going into government with Sinn Fein

Government

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Catholic homes caught fire because they were loaded with petrol bombs.

Bombs

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I have never made an inflammatory statement in my life

Life

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I believe that Northern Ireland has come to a time of peace, a time when hate will no longer rule.

Believe

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Line dancing is as sinful as any other type of dancing, with its sexual gestures and touching. It is an incitement to…

Dance

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Unsaturated fat is an outrage.

Fats

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We're on the verge of civil war in Northern Ireland. Why? Because if you take away the forums of democracy you don't…

Civil war

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It was amazing that I was ever elected.

Ireland

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The gun is not out of Irish politics.

Gun

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Come Friday, the world will see what the Protestant people really think of this so-called peace process, which is really a surrender…

Friday

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You can't build the bridge of trust with the scaffolding of lies and underhand deals

Bridges

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I would never repudiate the fact that I am an Irishman

Facts

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I was born in the island of Ireland. I have Irish traits in me - we don't all have the traits of…

Born

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I would rather be British than just.

British

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I will never sit down with Gerry Adams . . . he'd sit with anyone. He'd sit down with the devil. In…

Devil

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