Charles Kennedy Quotes - Page 2

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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 think that former leaders are best seen occasionally and not too often heard - particularly on the subject of their successors!

  Charles Kennedy

  Thinking, Leader, Former

  "Charles Kennedy: You Ask The Questions". Independent interview, www.independent.co.uk. November 16, 2009.

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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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• 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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• 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 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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• 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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