Once, in the summer of 1995, Adams gave a speech at a rally in Belfast. He looked like a politician, in a crisp summer suit, consulting his cue cards. But during a pause in his prepared remarks, someone in the crowd shouted, “Bring back the IRA!” As the audience cheered, Adams chuckled and smiled. Then he leaned into the microphone and said, “They haven’t gone away, you know.
-Patrick Radden Keefe
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