People were so keen to get investment. In those days, there was quite significant unemployment in Northern Ireland, and that had been the general pattern in Northern Ireland for many, many years.

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These are the influences that everybody has. Some individuals might stand out because of one...

That's the strategy that myself and my party have pursued and are pursuing.

That's the strategy that myself and my party have pursued and are pursuing.

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The violence had broken out in both sides, but our philosophy as a party was...

When people are divided, the only solution is agreement.

When people are divided, the only solution is agreement.

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In my opinion, what changed the situation eventually - and, of course, it took a...

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Therefore they should come to the table and reach an agreement that would protect their...

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Like everybody at that age, I read an awful lot of pulp fiction. But at...

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There were two mentalities, and both mentalities had to change. There was what I called...

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If the word 'No' was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless.

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The basic policy of the British Government was that since the majority of people in...

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They believed that Britain was in Ireland defending their own interests, therefore the Irish had...

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The civil rights movement in the United States was about the same thing, about equality...

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They divided the city into three electoral wards, and in one ward there was 70...

Total ghettoization, because they were in charge of public housing, the local council, and they...

Total ghettoization, because they were in charge of public housing, the local council, and they...

Every child growing up will look to their parents, my mother and my father. My...

Every child growing up will look to their parents, my mother and my father. My...