Charles Kennedy Quotes
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I believe that access to a university education should be based on the ability to learn, not what people can afford. I think there is no more nauseating a sight than politicians pulling up the ladder of opportunity behind them.
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Actually, I think it's quite sensible not to take yourself too seriously.
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I will go out of this world feet first with my Lib Dem membership card in my pocket.
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The one thing we can all be sure about in politics is you are as well to expect the unexpected.
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Three simple words - freedom, justice and honesty. These sum up what the Liberal Democrats stand for.
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We Liberal Democrats believe in dialogue. We believe in cooperation with both sides of industry and between both sides of industry. And we believe in the language of cooperation. We reject the language of confrontation.
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For any new leader of any party at any given time it takes time if you are not in government to establish yourself.
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There stands no contradiction between giving voice to legitimate anxiety and at the same time, as and when exchange of fire commences, looking to the rest of the country, as well as all of us in the House, to give full moral support to our forces.
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My health is good and it's up to me to keep it that way.
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Politics is much too serious to be taken too seriously; equally, there are many aspects of it so laughable as to be lamentable.
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Courage is a peculiar kind of fear.
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My approach is always to try to be straight with people, especially about what my party can achieve.
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Immigrants provide skills that we simply cannot afford to do without. They have contributed hugely to Britain's success.
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To run an effective political party you need a degree of tribalism, it's the glue that holds everyone together.
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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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Yes, you need substance in politics - but I think your style also says something about how you arrive at some of your conclusions.
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I have never once been persuaded as to the causal link between the Iraqi regime, al-Qaeda and September 11. I do believe the impact of war under these circumstances is bound to weaken the international coalition against terrorism itself.
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The events of the Holocaust viewed through the eyes of Anne Frank are a unique and damming testament to the dreadful atrocities of that period of our history
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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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My favourite novel is Frederick Forsythe's Day Of The Jackal, the story about the unproven case of this apparent Englishman who was hired to assassinate De Gaulle .
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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.
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You mustn't confuse the need for effective chairmanship, which is part of the job of the boss, along with the ability to take tough decisions and to lead people.
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I'm not someone who dwells upon past events, taking the view that life is too short
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I couldn't imagine a day without music. It relaxes and stimulates me in equal measure and I hate the sound of silence - the concept, I mean, not the track by Simon and Garfunkel.
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Politicians are good at saying how Government must do more, but we must also think carefully about where Government should do less.
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We should have high expectations of our children, but politicians should not tell teachers how to meet them.
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I don't want a headline saying 'Kennedy suggests this or implies that.'
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I should do something about the cigarettes; I quite accept that it's bad for your health, but you know a moderate tipple is positively beneficial and, at certain times, absolutely essential.
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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.
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I think that former leaders are best seen occasionally and not too often heard - particularly on the subject of their successors!
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