“The only sensible thing was to have him …

“The only sensible thing was to have him certified as a person insane. There could be no doubt in any person’s mind that Mr Paisley was insane and an absolute lunatic.”

—Gerry Fitt, as Republican Labour MP, at Stormont, after riots in Belfast’s Cromac Square when Rev. Ian Paisley’s supporters marched through nationalist area carrying anti-Catholic slogans, 7/6/1966. The Irish Times, 8/6/1966.