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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• 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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• 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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• We should have high expectations of our children, but politicians should not tell teachers how to meet them.

  Charles Kennedy

  Teacher, Children, Should Have

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

  Charles Kennedy

  Want, Headlines

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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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• 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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• 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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