Bobby Seale
co-founder of the Black Panther Party
David Trimble
First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002
William David Trimble, Baron Trimble, was a Northern Irish politician who was the inaugural First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002, and leader of the Ulster Unionist Partyfrom 1995 to 2005. He was also Member of Parliamentfor Upper Bann from 1990 to 2005 and Member of the Legislative Assemblyfor Upper Bann from 1998 to 2007.
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About the David Trimble
William David Trimble, Baron Trimble, was a Northern Irish politician who was the inaugural First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002, and leader of the Ulster Unionist Partyfrom 1995 to 2005. He was also Member of Parliamentfor Upper Bann from 1990 to 2005 and Member of the Legislative Assemblyfor Upper Bann from 1998 to 2007.
Trimble began his career teaching law at The Queen’s University of Belfast in the 1970s, during which time he began to get involved with the paramilitary-linked Vanguard Progressive Unionist Partywon the Nobel Peace Prize that year for his efforts. He was later elected to become the first First Minister of Northern Ireland, although his tenure was turbulent and frequently interrupted by disagreements over the timetable for Provisional Irish Republican Army decommissioning.
Trimble resigned the leadership of the UUP soon after being defeated at the 2005 general election. In June 2006, he accepted a life peerage in the House of Lords, taking the title of Baron Trimble, of Lisnagarvey in the County of Antrim. He did not stand again for the Assembly, which finally reconvened in 2007, instead leaving the UUP to join the Conservative Party.
7 Quotes by David Trimble
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Circumstances give in reality to every political principle, its distinguishing colour, and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind.
David TrimbleFirst Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002
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The one thing I can assure you is that I’m not going to do a Prescott.
David TrimbleFirst Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002
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Politics can be likened to driving at night over unfamiliar hills and mountains. Close attention must be paid to what the beam can reach and the next bend.
David TrimbleFirst Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002
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The Republican movement have not behaved properly over the years. They have not themselves implemented the Agreement. If they had implemented the Agreement then they would have disarmed completely in May 2000, that is what they undertook to do, that is what they failed to do.
David TrimbleFirst Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002
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There are two traditions in Northern Ireland. There are two main religious denominations. But there is only one true moral denomination. And it wants peace.
David TrimbleFirst Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002
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As we take stock of this century of achievement, Ulster Unionists have every reason to feel proud.
David TrimbleFirst Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002
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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.
David TrimbleFirst Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002