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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.

— Ian Paisley After being forcibly carried out from the Assembly building by police (1986)

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"Never confuse sitting on your side with being on your side."

They [Catholics] breed like rabbits and multiply like vermin.

Don't come crying to me if your homes are attacked. You will reap what you sow.

After being forcibly carried out from the Assembly building by police (1986)

Catholic homes caught fire because they were loaded with petrol bombs; Catholic churches were attacked and burned because they were arsenals and priests handed out sub-machine guns to parishioners"

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!

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