If the word 'No' was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless.
From John Hume
Before the arrival of the Credit Union, people who were from the poor background or a working class background couldn't borrow from banks.
The civil rights movement in the United States was about the same thing, about equality of treatment for all sections of the people, and that is precisely what our movement was about.
The violence had broken out in both sides, but our philosophy as a party was very, very clear.
When people are divided, the only solution is agreement.
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.
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.
The basic policy of the British Government was that since the majority of people in Northern Ireland wished to remain in the United Kingdom, that was that. We asked what would happen if the majority wanted something else, if the majority wanted to see Irish unity.
I went to the local schools, the local state primary school, and then to the local grammar school. A secondary school, which technically was an independent school, it was not part of the state educational system.
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