87 Quotes by David Trimble

The IRA weren't getting what they wanted out of the talks. This is their response.

The fog is clearing, and as it clears we see that the Ulster Party will be the largest party in the assembly, that the determined assault made upon us by the DUP and its allies has failed.

An attempt to form the executive without decommissioning (disarming) will lead to a loss of confidence among the Unionist community to such an extent that the executive so-formed would not survive,

The important thing is that we get the matter resolved in a way that enables both sides to feel that their rights have been vindicated.

The one thing I can assure you is that I’m not going to do a Prescott.

The dark shadow we seem to see in the distance is not really a mountain ahead, but the shadow of the mountain behind – a shadow from the past thrown forward into our future. It is a dark sludge of historical sectarianism. We can leave it behind us if we wish.