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It's been a long time coming but the reality is that this process is at a crossroads.

Gerry Adams

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Gerry Adams
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 6
Politician
Belfast
Ireland
Gerard Adams
Process
Reality
Long
Time
Crossroads
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I think there is a huge responsibility upon governments to understand the consequence of their decisions.
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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.
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Sinn Fein has demonstrated the ability to play a leadership role as part of a popular movement towards peace, equality and justice.
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A real possibility now exists for a Government that is not led by either Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil
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For good or ill, I'm a person of leadership. I do my best. I don't dodge responsibility.
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