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Ours is a stable country. Ours is a sensible country. And ours is a fundamentally decent country.
— Charles Kennedy
I think that former leaders are best seen occasionally and not too often heard - particularly on the subject of their successors!
— Charles Kennedy
This country has a proud history of opening its doors to generations of people fleeing personal persecution, civil unrest and war.
— Charles Kennedy
The one thing we can all be sure about in politics is you are as well to expect the unexpected.
— Charles Kennedy
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.
— Charles Kennedy
I have always considered myself of the reforming centre-left.
— Charles Kennedy
In my view, nations together are stronger than when they are isolated. And because they are stronger, their people are more free, not less.
— Charles Kennedy
For any new leader of any party at any given time it takes time if you are not in government to establish yourself.
— Charles Kennedy
We want a strong, vibrant economy for Britain so that we can set out a clear and affordable alternative programme for government.
— Charles Kennedy
We would all rather see Iraq resolved successfully.
— Charles Kennedy
No government body is more notorious for over-legislation than the Department of Trade and Industry.
— Charles Kennedy
Taking a principled and consistent stance over Iraq has attracted much criticism from our detractors and opponents.
— Charles Kennedy
New Labour needs to realise that family life and the way we raise our children are private matters.
— Charles Kennedy
Only the Liberal Democrats have probed the government's failings consistently, thoroughly and effectively.
— Charles Kennedy
I want our party to step up its efforts to reflect and champion the concerns of everybody who has reached the second half of their lives.
— Charles Kennedy
We'll need to revise the tired assumption that people automatically become more conservative as they grow older.
— Charles Kennedy
I listened to the students on campus in Plymouth, worried about their steadily deepening debts and how on earth they would ever escape them.
— Charles Kennedy
There is always a temptation for governments: see a problem and announce a quick fix.
— Charles Kennedy
The growing influence of focus groups means we are all in danger of being excessively cowed by their feedback.
— Charles Kennedy
I will go out of this world feet first with my Lib Dem membership card in my pocket.
— Charles Kennedy
I'm not someone who dwells upon past events, taking the view that life is too short.
— Charles Kennedy
My health is good and it's up to me to keep it that way.
— Charles Kennedy
It must be a judge - never a politician - who decides whether someone is to be locked up.
— Charles Kennedy
Courage is a peculiar kind of fear.
— Charles Kennedy
We must restore faith in politics. Reform of the House of Lords is only one part of the answer, but it is a vital one.
— Charles Kennedy
I took Bobby Kennedy through the delta and he cried like a baby.
— Charles Evers
Terrorism gravely threatens international peace and security, and as a solution, the power and apparent finality of force are seductive.
— Charles Kennedy
There are hard choices to be made in balancing the country's security and an individual's liberties. But it is a choice that has to be faced.
— Charles Kennedy
Those who use our public services should be able to deal directly with those who manage and deliver them.
— Charles Kennedy
The terrorist seeks to smash the most fundamental liberty of all: the right to lead our everyday lives on the basic assumption of safety.
— Charles Kennedy
If you were to describe me as teetotal, on behalf of my constituency I'd have to sue; that would lose me every vote in the Highlands.
— Charles Kennedy
I'm a lifelong believer in trade unionism.
— Charles Kennedy
We actually believe in hope. But hope requires purpose. And purpose requires direction.
— Charles Kennedy
Quality of life actually begins at home - it's in your street, around your community.
— Charles Kennedy
Professionally I would say taking up my constituents' problems is something I continue to enjoy after 22 years as an MP.
— Charles Kennedy
I'm a fully paid-up member of the human race.
— Charles Kennedy
Immigrants provide skills that we simply cannot afford to do without. They have contributed hugely to Britain's success.
— Charles Kennedy
With 24-hour news ... the story moves on with the media.
— Charles Kennedy
I happen to consider myself a Highlander even before a Scot; I am proud to be British yet feel comfortable as a European citizen.
— Charles Kennedy
I don't want a headline saying 'Kennedy suggests this or implies that.'
— Charles Kennedy
It is true that I entered parliament at the age of 23, and have now been representing the people of my constituency for over twenty years.
— Charles Kennedy
Gratification and happiness are becoming important measures of our quality of life.
— Charles Kennedy
To run an effective political party you need a degree of tribalism, it's the glue that holds everyone together.
— Charles Kennedy
If British troops are committed to action, then the nation will, of course, support them. Their courage and skill is not in doubt.
— Charles Kennedy
Speaking to numerous teachers and nurses, I am consistently struck by the sense of mission they have about their work.
— Charles Kennedy
I believe that our country is a richer, more vibrant society precisely because it is a multi-racial, multi-ethnic society.
— Charles Kennedy
Politicians are good at saying how Government must do more, but we must also think carefully about where Government should do less.
— Charles Kennedy
People have a huge desire to be listened to, for politicians to take the time to understand their problems.
— Charles Kennedy
Decentralisation is controversial - but that's fine. We should be fearless about having a debate.
— Charles Kennedy
The most special relationships, in my experience, are based on a combination of trust and mutual respect.
— Charles Kennedy
It is my determination that we, as a party, continue to make that fundamental restatement of liberal values in the politics of our country.
— Charles Kennedy
As someone who has led his party through two general elections, I have not always been immune from feeling the pressure of electioneering tactics.
— Charles Kennedy
Public perception of the Westminster arena, with all its posturings, does little to engender a sense of voter belief.
— Charles Kennedy
Tony Blair took us to war in Iraq on the basis of the supposed threat of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction.
— Charles Kennedy
Paddy Ashdown is the only party leader who's a trained killer. Although, to be fair, Mrs Thatcher was self taught.
— Charles Kennedy
Yes, you need substance in politics - but I think your style also says something about how you arrive at some of your conclusions.
— Charles Kennedy
We should have high expectations of our children, but politicians should not tell teachers how to meet them.
— Charles Kennedy
With every day that passes, David Blunkett becomes more insensitive in his language and more intemperate in his actions.
— Charles Kennedy
My approach is always to try to be straight with people, especially about what my party can achieve.
— Charles Kennedy
In my view, as a country we need to rediscover some of that skepticism about government and revisit that libertarian agenda.
— Charles Kennedy
It's our job as Liberal Democrats to be an effective opposition - and an increasingly tough one as well.
— Charles Kennedy
It is the government's fundamental duty to ensure the security of every individual citizen.
— Charles Kennedy
I am genuinely not an over-the-top kind of person about politics or anything else.
— Charles Kennedy
Politics is much too serious to be taken too seriously; equally, there are many aspects of it so laughable as to be lamentable.
— Charles Kennedy
Fair votes - fundamentally - are about the rights and the interests of the people.
— Charles Kennedy
Labour politicians for generations have fought to bring democracy to the House of Lords.
— Charles Kennedy
Terror can never be defeated by force alone.
— Charles Kennedy
Valuing public servants would boost morale among those on the front line of implementing government policy.
— Charles Kennedy
When power is exercised exclusively at the centre, the result is rigidity of rules and alienation of the people subject to those rules.
— Charles Kennedy
To be seen to be human, provided you're doing your job at the same time, is definitely not a negative, not at all.
— Charles Kennedy
We Liberal Democrats don't believe we should use the tax structure to champion just one type of family.
— Charles Kennedy
That 1983 general election contained the telltale seeds of eventual Scottish Tory self-destruction.
— Charles Kennedy
Politics means facing up to hard choices and facing down prejudice, short-termism, the easy, tempting court of knee-jerk public reaction.
— Charles Kennedy
I know from my own parents how important active older people are to a local community.
— Charles Kennedy
A smaller-size party and parliamentary membership does not necessarily equate to lesser demands; if anything, the opposite can be the case.
— Charles Kennedy
We have a Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales, both elected by fairer votes - involving proportional representation.
— Charles Kennedy
Democracy demands trust. It demands that sense of mutual understanding. And - it's a two way street. You've got to give - as much as you take.
— Charles Kennedy
Three simple words - freedom, justice and honesty. These sum up what the Liberal Democrats stand for.
— Charles Kennedy
I do think there is a great deal of caricature around the House of Commons. It is just that kind of place.
— Charles Kennedy
People are not stupid.
— Charles Kennedy
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.
— Charles Kennedy
