Charles Kennedy Quotes - Page 2

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• My idealism has not abated, but I have witnessed it withering away nationwide, to the point where at least among the young, to have ideals is akin to being blinkered and oldfashioned.

  Charles Kennedy

  Young, Idealism, Ideals

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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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• 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

  Party, Government, Leader

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• I'm a lifelong believer in trade unionism.

  Charles Kennedy

  Lifelong, Trade, Believer

  "Charles Kennedy's speech to the TUC". www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2002.

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• Befriending provides a valuable lifeline to many people who feel isolated in their communities often as a result of ill health or poverty. I would like to thank all those who volunteer as befrienders and I hope that your numbers will increase in coming years. Your kindness and hard work is, I know, very much appreciated by those you help.

  Charles Kennedy

  Kindness, Hard Work, Years

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• My health is good and it's up to me to keep it that way.

  Charles Kennedy

  Way

  "Kennedy keeps party guessing about return to leadership" by Tania Branigan, www.theguardian.com. June 22, 2006.

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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.

  Charles Kennedy

  Country, Fire, Voice

  "Wrong war, wrong time, wrong enemy, warns Labour rebel" by Nicholas Watt, Michael White, www.theguardian.com. March 19, 2003.

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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.

  Charles Kennedy

  Country, Choices, Liberty

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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.

  Charles Kennedy

  Thinking, Government, Politician

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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.

  Charles Kennedy

  War, Believe, Impact

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

  Charles Kennedy

  Democrat, Trade, Describing

  "Kennedy: trade unionists are not 'wreckers'" by Matthew Tempest, www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2002.

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• I am genuinely not an over-the-top kind of person about politics or anything else.

  Charles Kennedy

  Kind, Persons, Over The Top

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

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• I do think there is a great deal of caricature around the House of Commons. It is just that kind of place.

  Charles Kennedy

  Thinking, House, Kind

  "Kennedy's bride-to-be dismisses drink claims", www.theguardian.com. July 19, 2002.

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• My approach is always to try to be straight with people, especially about what my party can achieve.

  Charles Kennedy

  Party, People, Trying

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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

  Charles Kennedy

  Eye, Unique, Holocaust

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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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• I don't want a headline saying 'Kennedy suggests this or implies that.'

  Charles Kennedy

  Want, Headlines

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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.

  Charles Kennedy

  Jobs, People, Decision

  "Kennedy defends his style" by Oliver King, Matthew Tempest, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2005.

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