I never panic when I get a wasp at my ear. As soon as you strike out, they'll sting you. So just stay cool. -Martin McGuinness Cool
Within loyalism and the UVF, there are clearly people who are not just aggravated by the issue around flags or parades. They're aggravated by me and Sinn Fein being in government. They're opposed to the political institutions - there's an inability of a minority within loyalism to accept the concept of equality. -Martin McGuinness Equality
I want to work with Peter Robinson as first minister in a positive, constructive way and leave the elections to the electorate. -Martin McGuinness Positive
The engagements I had with Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles were about reaching out and showing respect to the unionist people. I also recognised that when someone like her makes acts of reconciliation as she did do at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin, she is 100% behind the peace process. -Martin McGuinness Respect
The fact is that a car used by Gerry Adams and myself during the course of the Mitchell review was bugged by elements within British military intelligence. -Martin McGuinness Intelligence
But the fact is that the vast majority of Republicans support the Sinn Fein leadership. -Martin McGuinness Leadership
As a young man on the streets of Derry, I saw Ian Paisley as an immortal opponent of everything to do with equality, justice, fairness, and respect for Irishness. -Martin McGuinness Equality
Along with that ongoing process Sinn Fein took a decision to establish a peace commission which had the responsibility to travel around the country to receive submissions from the general public, also our opponents. -Martin McGuinness Travel
There are no military solutions - dialogue and diplomacy are the only guarantee of lasting peace. -Martin McGuinness Peace
The task ahead of us will be extremely challenging as the Tory party continue with their austerity agenda and as we continue to resolve the issues of the past and build unity, reconciliation, and equality. -Martin McGuinness Equality
Whenever people reach out the hand of friendship towards me, I am not going to refuse that hand. -Martin McGuinness Friendship
The Good Friday Agreement was an incredible breakthrough. But it's my view that the Hillsborough Agreement could see politics in the north come of age, and see us all move forwards on the basis of equality and partnership. -Martin McGuinness Equality
