known as ‘the crossroads speech’. Declaring that Northern Ireland was at a crossroads, O’Neill called for restraint from all citizens, saying a minority of agitators was responsible for starting the trouble in Londonderry ‘but the tinder for that fire in the form of grievances, real or imaginary, had been building up for years’. To civil rights campaigners and the Catholic community he said, ‘Your voice has been heard.’ To Unionists he said: ‘Unionism armed with justice will be a stronger cause than Unionism armed merely with strength.’ Addressing both sides, he asked, ‘What kind of Ulster do
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