I am very proud I was part of the IRA in Derry and involved in repelling the designs of the British state forces against people who were being treated as second- and third-class citizens.
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I was proud to be a member of the IRA. I am still 40 years on proud that I was a member of the IRA. I am not going to be a hypocrite and sit here and say something different.
I'm still a proud Irishman, of course, but I've become an American citizen. I'm very, very proud of that.
I never talk about shooting anybody, but I do acknowledge I was a member of the IRA, and as a member of the IRA, I obviously engaged in fighting back against the British army.
As we take stock of this century of achievement, Ulster Unionists have every reason to feel proud.
I'm proud to be Irish.
I was brought up in Britain, and I'm very proud of my Britishness and my culture.
Unlike the Tory millionaires, I live in the heart of the proud working-class community of the Bogside in Derry.
I am very proud to be British. I'm very conscious of carrying my country with me wherever I go. I feel I need to represent it well.
I was proud to be a Tory Member of Parliament for twelve years, proud to represent Buckingham as a Tory, proud to have voted with my party 99% of the time as the record shows.
I felt that the IRA, in the context of Irish history, and Sinn Fein were a legitimate force that had to be recognized, and you wouldn't have peace without them.
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