August Quote by David Trimble

At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward…

— Gerry Adams

We achieved a deal with the Russians that didn't wind up in two days of strikes that would have sent a, quote, "message," but…

— John F. Kerry

In '94, we made the deal during collective bargaining that wasn't the right deal, just to save the season. Allowing the 'in the crease'…

— Gary Bettman

We stopped the fighting [in 1991] on an agreement that Iraq would take steps to assure the world that it would not engage in…

— Harry Reid

People might like to think a war is done when a cease fire is signed, but for most people who lived through a war…

— Nguyen Viet Thang

The 2013 deal, whereby the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons verified the destruction of 95% of Syria's declared chemical weapons, was negotiated…

— Crispin Blunt

September 11 was terrible but, if one goes back over the history of the IRA, what happened to the Americans wasn't that terrible.

— Doris Lessing

What's crucial is that the IRA produce a credible statement that paramilitary and criminality activity is a thing of the past. That they are…

— Peter Hain

The IRA has abandoned its armed struggle in pursuit of its goals by political means. This must be fully acknowledged. Continued challenge does nothing…

— James T. Walsh

When things did go wrong for the IRA, when civilians were killed, I tried to put it in context, not defend it.

— Peter T. King

But that citizen's perception was also at one with the truth in recognizing that the very brutality of the means by which the IRA…

— Seamus Heaney

I think those who have wanted regime [of Bashar Assad] change have made a mistake.

— Rand Paul