The basis of peace and stability, in any society, has to be the fullest respect for the human rights of all its people.

My father was unemployed and I was the eldest of seven children. We were very poor. And when you ask how did we support ourselves, the only funding that we had was unemployment payments.

I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people.

In my opinion, what changed the situation eventually - and, of course, it took a lot of time to change it, things like that don't change in a week or a fortnight - was the new educational system.

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

Total ghettoization, because they were in charge of public housing, the local council, and they deliberately located people in a ghetto situation in order to ensure that they maintained control.

All conflict is about difference; whether the difference is race religion, or nationality.

Before the arrival of the Credit Union, people who were from the poor background or a working class background couldn't borrow from banks.

Difference is of the essence of humanity.

I was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties start a little bit beyond that.

They believed that Britain was in Ireland defending their own interests, therefore the Irish had the right to use violence to put them out. My argument was that that type of thinking was out of date.

It takes more than capital to swing business. You've got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by - Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics.

Sawyer: Alone in your tent? Um, no. You're in my tent

Life is a series of failures punctuated by brief successes.

I used to be scared of uncertainty; now I get a high out of it.

It is for us to make the effort. The result is always in God's hands.

Many have never felt strong, but everyone knows what it is to feel weak.

When I play my best golf, I feel as if I'm in a fog, standing back watching the earth in orbit with a golf club in my hands.

Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man.

Poverty, when it is voluntary, is never despicable, but takes an heroical aspect.

There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple. If the ill spirit have so fair a house, Good things will strive to dwell with't