11 Quotes by David Ervine

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    We desperately need a deal before Christmas, and we have to hope that President Clinton's coming heralds the end game -- because the alternative is just too terrible to contemplate.

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    I have a feeling of awful foreboding that there are people out there so determined to damage me that they will take an innocent life.

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    There is an opportunity, perhaps with what has happened over the weekend with the intervention of Tony Blair from Japan, to concentrate people's minds on the issues.

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    It could have a positive effect, or it could stir passions further. It could have no effect at all. The only important thing now is to get over these awful, awful days and restore people's confidence as quickly as possible in the cease-fire.

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    We have got to extend the hand of friendship, we have got to take the peacelines down brick by brick

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    This society believed it was looking towards a new future, yet we consistently find ourselves being dragged backwards.

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    We might have to shoot out the clocks at five minutes to midnight, but we'll get there. The gap is bridgeable. We have a decent chance of an agreement.

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