"We can be revisionist, and that's a good thing to be at times, but we shouldn't airbrush our history, so we can only make judgments in the objective conditions of that time."

"It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo."

"But if republicans are to prevail, if the peace process is to be successfully concluded and Irish sovereignty and re-unification secured, then we have to set the agenda - no-one else is going to do that."

"Republican patience with how unionism deals with the political institutions, and with key issues like equality and human rights, will be tested because, obviously, there will be a battle a day on these matters. So lets face up to all of this with our eyes wide open."

"I became chairman of the inmates committee. Got into a lot of trouble. Was accused of fomenting a riot. Was accused of plotting to kill the warden."

"We have forgotten that curing cancer starts with preventing cancer in the first place."

"Wisdom principle 28 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 52."

"If you have fun, fine. It's not all life and death."