Ian Paisley Quotes

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.

Catholic homes caught fire because they were loaded with petrol bombs.

I have never made an inflammatory statement in my life

Line dancing is as sinful as any other type of dancing, with its sexual gestures and touching. It is an incitement to lust.

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

I would rather be British than just.

You can't build the bridge of trust with the scaffolding of lies and underhand deals

I will never sit down with Gerry Adams . . . he'd sit with anyone. He'd sit down with the devil. In fact, Adams does sit down with the devil.

Unsaturated fat is an outrage.

I would never repudiate the fact that I am an Irishman

Come Friday, the world will see what the Protestant people really think of this so-called peace process, which is really a surrender process.

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.

I will walk on no grave of Ulster's honoured dead to do a deal with the IRA or the British government.

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

I believe that Northern Ireland has come to a time of peace, a time when hate will no longer rule.

A man who keeps on going; a man who keeps his eye on the ball.

The gun is not out of Irish politics.

People don't expect to die tomorrow, but they do take out insurance, don't they?

We are not going into government with Sinn Fein.

It was amazing that I was ever elected.