Charles Kennedy Quotes

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• Courage is a peculiar kind of fear.

  Charles Kennedy

  Courage, Fear, Bravery

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• Paddy Ashdown is the only party leader who's a trained killer. Although, to be fair, Mrs Thatcher was self taught.

  Charles Kennedy

  Party, Self, Leader

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• Three simple words - freedom, justice and honesty. These sum up what the Liberal Democrats stand for.

  Charles Kennedy

  Honesty, Simple, Justice

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• Immigrants provide skills that we simply cannot afford to do without. They have contributed hugely to Britain's success.

  Charles Kennedy

  Skills, Britain, Immigrants

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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.

  Charles Kennedy

  Taken, Serious, Aspect

  Charles Kennedy (2000). “The future of politics”

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• To run an effective political party you need a degree of tribalism, it's the glue that holds everyone together.

  Charles Kennedy

  Running, Party, Political

  "Interview: Honest joker's charm offensive". Interview With Polly Toynbee, Michael White, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2001.

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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.

  Charles Kennedy

  Struggle, Opportunity, Should Have

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• I can hardly think of an occasion when I've got into a stand-up fight with any political opponent. I've got my views, people know what they are, they can agree or they can choose to disagree. I'm not going to waste time just rubbishing everybody else.

  Charles Kennedy

  Fighting, Thinking, Views

  "Gently does it?" by Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. April 9, 2005.

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• Music and politics are in essence about communication. Without over-stretching the analogy I do feel a sense of rhythm is important in getting your message across.

  Charles Kennedy

  Communication, Essence, Important

  Interview with Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. April 15, 2005.

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

  Charles Kennedy

  Race, Members, Humans

  "Gently does it?" by Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. April 9, 2005.

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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.

  Charles Kennedy

  Essentials, Cigarette, Accepting

  "The New Statesman Interview - Charles Kennedy". Interview with Jackie Ashley, www.newstatesman.com. Januray 29, 2011.

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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.

  Charles Kennedy

  Believe, Opportunity, Thinking

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• 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

  Vote, Describe Me, Behalf

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• The quicker we get rid of the lobby system the better for all of us. I don't think in this day and age it is tenable to have these nods and winks, and on-the-record and off-the-record briefings.

  Charles Kennedy

  Thinking, Age, Records

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• The one thing we can all be sure about in politics is you are as well to expect the unexpected.

  Charles Kennedy

  Unexpected, Wells, One Thing

  "Kennedy not ruling out his return", news.bbc.co.uk. June 22, 2006.

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• I want to see far more decisions taken far closer to the patients, the passengers and the pupils. Far more power for locally and regionally elected politicians who understand best the needs of their areas. And far more say too for the dedicated staff at all levels in health and education.

  Charles Kennedy

  Taken, Decision, Needs

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

  Charles Kennedy

  Events, Satisfaction, Argument

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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.

  Charles Kennedy

  Hate, Mean, Track

  "Charles Kennedy" by Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. April 14, 2005.

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• I will go out of this world feet first with my Lib Dem membership card in my pocket.

  Charles Kennedy

  Feet, Pockets, Cards

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Actually, I think it's quite sensible not to take yourself too seriously.

  Charles Kennedy

  Thinking, Sensible

  "Gently does it?". Interview with Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. April 9, 2005.

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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.

  Charles Kennedy

  Years, People, Age

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• I'm not someone who dwells upon past events, taking the view that life is too short

  Charles Kennedy

  Short Life, Life Is Too Short, Life Is Short

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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.

  Charles Kennedy

  Thinking, Style, Needs

  "Gently does it?" by Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. April 9, 2005.

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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.

  Charles Kennedy

  Believe, Sides, Cooperation

  Charles Kennedy's speech to the Trades Union Congress (TUC), www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2002.

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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….

  Charles Kennedy

  Stories, Favourite, Cases

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