When People Are Divided, The Only Solution

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.

The Only Thing I Shall Talk About Is My Sporting Achievements At School. My Primary Sporting Achievement At School Was That I Dodged Games For Two Complete Years And Was Well Through The Third Year Before They Discovered That I Had Completely Avoided All Games.

These Are The Influences That Everybody Has. Some Individuals Might Stand Out Because Of One Thing Or Another, But Whether One's Perception As A Child Of What Was Important Or Not Is Accurate, I Don't Know.

In My Opinion, What Changed The Situation Eventually - And, Of Course, It Took A Lot Of Time To Change It, Things Like That Don't Change In A Week Or A Fortnight - Was The New Educational System.

In Coming To That Agreement, My Party Had A Clear Philosophy Throughout. In Northern Ireland, We Should Have Institutions That Respected The Differences Of The People And That Gave No Victory To Either Side.