Ian Paisley

Quotes

• “I say to the Dublin government, Mr Faulkner says it's "hands across the border to Dublin". I say, if they don't behave themselves in the South, it will be shots across the border!”
• “Don't come crying to me if your homes are attacked. You will reap what you sow.”
• “We're on the verge of civil war in Northern Ireland. Why? Because if you take away the forums of democracy you don't have anything left.”
• “"Never confuse sitting on your side with being on your side."”
• “I was born in the island of Ireland. I have Irish traits in me - we don't all have the traits of what came from Scotland, there is the celtic factor... and I am an Irishman because you cannot be an Ulsterman without being an Irishman.”

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Key facts

Preceded by

Peter Hain (as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland) David Trimble (2002)

Succeeded by

Peter Robinson

Deputy

William Beattie Peter Robinson

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