Nick Clegg Quotes

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• The UK is not going to leave the European Union. Of course not. We are inextricably wound up with Europe. In terms of culture, history and geography, we are a European nation.

  Nick Clegg

  Europe, Culture, Unions

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• We need to teach our kids, because there is such a celebrity culture at the moment, that however rich you are, however famous you are, however glamorous you are, everyone has to live by the same rules.

  Nick Clegg

  Kids, Needs, Culture

  "Jimmy Savile: TV star's sex abuse victims may now total 40" by Ben Rankin, www.mirror.co.uk. October 12, 2012.

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• The Liberal Democrats will add a heart to a Conservative government and a brain to a Labour one.

  Nick Clegg

  Heart, Government, Brain

  "Lib Dems vow to block Tory welfare cuts plan in any coalition talks" by Nicholas Watt, Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. April 15, 2015.

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• What we should be doing in the EU as a whole is more economic integration in the single market, rather than less.

  Nick Clegg

  Economic Integration, Should, Whole

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• You see people literally in a different galaxy who are paying extraordinarily low rates of tax.

  Nick Clegg

  People, Different, Aliens

  "Nick Clegg calls for introduction of 'tycoon tax'". www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2012.

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• For far too long the world's poorest people have seen no benefit from the vast natural resources in their own backyards. It is time to end the injustice where ordinary people are silent witnesses, left to suffer without basic services, as the profits from their countries' assets are hidden and plundered by corrupt regimes.

  Nick Clegg

  Country, Long, People

  "Nick Clegg announces support for new transparency law" by Juliette Jowit, www.theguardian.com. October 11, 2012.

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• Actually, the curious thing is that the more you become a subject of admiration or loathing, the more you're examined under a microscope, the distance seems to open up between who you really are and the portrayals that people impose on you.

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  Distance, People, Loathing

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• I totally rule out any arrangements with the SNP — in the same way I rule out any arrangements with Ukip - because there is no meeting point for me with one party that basically wants to pull our country to bits and another party that wants us to pull out of the EU. I would never recommend to the Liberal Democrats that we help establish a government which is basically on a life support system, where Alex Salmond could pull the plug any time he wants.

  Nick Clegg

  Life, Country, Party

  "Clegg dismisses any coalition deal with Labour involving SNP". www.ft.com. April 24, 2015.

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• The Conservative Party is not honouring the commitment to Lords reform and, as a result, part of our contract has now been broken. Clearly I cannot permit a situation where Conservative rebels can pick and choose the parts of the contract they like, while Liberal Democrat MPs are bound to the entire agreement.

  Nick Clegg

  Party, Commitment, Agreement

  "Coalition deadlock as Nick Clegg and David Cameron veto each other" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. August 6, 2012.

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• One thing I have frankly decided is that when it comes to political reform we have two conservative parties in British politics. Both the Labour and Conservative parties have constantly and repeatedly failed to honour promises they have made about reforming, cleaning, modernising our clapped-out system.

  Nick Clegg

  Party, Two, Political

  "Nick Clegg takes thorny path out of the Rose Garden". Interview with Nicholas Watt, www.theguardian.com. August 28, 2012.

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• Politics is a highly tribal business.

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• You've got some very powerful countries: Poland, the United Kingdom, Sweden and others who have a genuine desire to see the euro zone straighten itself out. It's good for all of us, whether you're in the euro zone or not, to make sure that it doesn't lead to a fracturing.

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  Country, Powerful, Desire

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• My head spins. One moment I'm told I'm too edgy, then people say I'm too angry, then that I show too much passion... make your minds up.

  Nick Clegg

  Passion, People, Mind

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• I'm very lucky. I am one of those people who is able to go home, shut the front door and completely focus on the kids.

  Nick Clegg

  Kids, Home, Doors

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• I don't want to clip on the armour every morning. I've seen some politicians do this and they get a bit mangled and bitter. I just refuse to do that. I refuse to be angry or bitter or complain, and I remain open. I may sometimes be a bit too open but I'm not going to change that one bit.

  Nick Clegg

  Morning, Complaining, May

  "A year in the eye of the storm". Interview with Andrew Rawnsley, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2011.

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• I work in lockstep, hand in glove, with the prime minister on these issues, and as we are supportive to the Eurozone so they can sort their problems out, in return they introduce safeguards to ensure precisely what I said: that the single market is not fragmented and that important industries like the financial services industry are treated fairly. Not exceptional treatment, but are just simply treated fairly, on a level playing field within Europe.

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  Hands, Europe, Issues

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• Voters tell politicians what they want through the ballot box. Constantly second-guessing them by speculating whether the parties should gang up on each other misses the point.

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  Party, Missing, Guessing

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• I didn't become leader to transform the Liberal Democrats into an enlarged form of the Electoral Reform Society. It's not the be all and end all for us. There are other very, very key ambitions in politics, not least social mobility and life chances, that I care about as passionately if not more.

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  Ambition, Keys, Leader

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• If you scratch below the surface and ask what really makes me tick, it's the liberalism of trying to promote freedom and opportunity. Promoting social mobility is one of the keys to that.

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  Opportunity, Keys, Trying

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• I am a passionate believer in freedom of speech. I would not support anything which would impinge on aggressive robust freedom of the British press, but when things go wrong and there has been outright illegality, there should be proper accountability.

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  Support, Accountability, Freedom Of Speech

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• Liberalism is a really old British tradition and it has a completely different attitude towards the individual and the relationship between the individual and the state than the collectivist response of Labour, and particularly Old Labour, does.

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  Attitude, Doe, Different

  The Economist Interview, www.economist.com. March 11, 2010.

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• [All governments] get into a rut where every potentially good story turns into a bad one.

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  Government, Stories, Ruts

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• I don't lead a particularly Bohemian existence. The main criterion for me is not to be judgemental of other people so long as what they do is not harmful or offensive to others.

  Nick Clegg

  Long, People, Judgemental

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

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• Do I get up every morning and ask: am I doing the things that I believe in and am I doing them for the best possible motives? Yes. Unambiguously yes.

  Nick Clegg

  Morning, Believe, Start The Day

  "A year in the eye of the storm". Interview with Andrew Rawnsley, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2011.

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• Growth that lasts does not threaten our children's future. It recognises that our planet is a gift that must be cherished. That tomorrow is our responsibility as much as today.

  Nick Clegg

  Children, Responsibility, Growth

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