Charles Kennedy Quotes

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Charles Kennedy

Profession : Politician

Birth : November 25, 1959

We would all rather see Iraq resolved successfully.

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As a Scot, representing a Scottish constituency for almost the past 25 years, I do not harbour an overweening ambition to pronounce on each and every matter exclusively English.

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Labour politicians for generations have fought to bring democracy to the House of Lords.

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I find no contradiction between being a Highlander, a Scot, a citizen of the U.K. and a citizen of the European Union at one and the same time.

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I'm a lifelong believer in trade unionism.

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I'm a fully paid-up member of the human race.

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The growing influence of focus groups means we are all in danger of being excessively cowed by their feedback.

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We opposed unlimited detention without trial. We stood up for trial by jury as well. And of course we spoke up for asylum seekers and for the most vulnerable in our society.

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Further Education should be about the ability to learn, not the ability to pay - everyone who is able should have the opportunity, regardless of their family background. I don't want to see students struggling with huge debts or frightened off even going to university in the first place.

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Many people want to scale back their working hours as they near the end of their careers, but not necessarily to give up work altogether.

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Only the Liberal Democrats have probed the government's failings consistently, thoroughly and effectively.

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Useful lessons can be learned from our more successful local authorities - as you move into government, it is even more imperative to communicate speedily and persuasively with your members and your voters.

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Ours is a stable country. Ours is a sensible country. And ours is a fundamentally decent country.

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You won't catch Liberal Democrats describing trade unionists as wreckers.

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As someone who has led his party through two general elections, I have not always been immune from feeling the pressure of electioneering tactics.

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The late Roy Jenkins was both a mentor and a personal friend. He was a man of both phenomenal intellect and political achievement in equal measure.

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We are no longer a nation of one church; we are a nation of many churches.

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There is no satisfaction to be derived from having had many of our arguments borne out by events.

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We believe that government in Britain is there to protect people from terrorism and from the worst criminality, but never at the expense of our civil liberties and the basic tenets of our legal system.

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We Liberal Democrats don't believe we should use the tax structure to champion just one type of family.

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