Dick Spring

I'm not getting frustrated... we all knew from the start that this would be a long process.

It... is the best opportunity we've had in the last 25 years to bring about a settlement in Northern Ireland, and I think we should leave no stone unturned to achieve that.

If I felt we had alienated the Unionists, it would worry me because we've spent a great deal of time trying to open up discussion and dialogue with the Unionist Parties.

Australians and the British are very similar: If you try and stand out in any way, and you try to reach for success, someone is gonna be there to cut you down.

The government has once again made the right socially acceptable.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.