Accepting Quote by 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 if you consent to an internal six county settlement and if you are willing to negotiate the state of Irish society with a foreign government.”

Gerry Adams

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Accepting Claims Consent County Government Ifs Internals Loyalists Partition Politics Settlement Six States Veto Willing

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Don't be bitter. Everybody suffers. If you can accept your suffering then you will understand other people better. Be grateful for pain. Love life.

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It takes an unusually philosophic mind to accept that all one’s suffering might be to no end, really, in the larger scheme of things.

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