“We're on the verge of civil war in Northern Ireland. Why? Because if you take away the forums of democracy you don't have anything left.”

—  Ian Paisley

After been forcibly carried out from the Assembly building by police(1986)http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/24/newsid_2519000/2519077.stm

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