Unionists Quotes

You won't catch Liberal Democrats describing trade unionists as wreckers. - Charles Kennedy

We now have a chance to create a genuine partnership between unionists and nationalists in a novel form of government. - David Trimble

We have to be prepared... to reach out the hand of friendship to the British and the Unionists on the basis of equality. - Gerry Adams

We have still not secured any commitment (on IRA disarmament) that would be recognized by unionists. We consider that the guarantees are weak. - David Trimble

Unionists will view her as being a partisan secretary of state ... and some of her actions will be viewed in a bad light. - Gregory Campbell

Those unionists who took the leap of faith found that [Sinn Fein leader] Gerry Adams had packed the parachute badly. - Peter Brown

Thirty to forty thousand people lost their lives in this terrible dirty war. We salute the memory of all those - politicians, social workers, trade unionists, civil society activists and ordinary citizens - who were considered subversive by the military regime and who were said to have ?disappeared'. - Reporters Without Borders

They really want to see something more obvious and tangible as they have been at the sharp end of IRA violence. The unionists want to see the melted-down guns. - Paul Dixon

There is skepticism among unionists as the IRA is blamed for the huge Northern Bank robbery last year and the question they are asking is: Will that money be used as pensions for old IRA fighters or to buy new arms. - Robin Oakley