“I am not a law-breaker by nature, but I am proud to stand here with 15,000 Derry people who have broken a law which is in disrepute. I invite Mr Craig to arrest the lot of us.”
—John Hume, as organiser of Derry Citizens’ Action Committee march in Derry/Londonderry, which successfully defied ban by Northern Ireland Home Affairs Minister, William Craig, 16/11/1968. Paul Routledge, John Hume, Harper Collins, 1998, pp. 72-73.