Charles Kennedy quotes - page 2

I am genuinely not an over-the-top kind of person about politics or anything else. (Charles Kennedy)
I think that former leaders are best seen occasionally and not too often heard - particularly on the subject of their successors! View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't want a headline saying 'Kennedy suggests this or implies that.' View quote
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I'm a lifelong believer in trade unionism. View quote
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I'm a fully paid-up member of the human race. View quote
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Actually, I think it's quite sensible not to take yourself too seriously. (Charles Kennedy)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Charles Kennedy

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Photo: catch21productions from UK, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: British Politician
Born: November 25, 1959
Died: June 1, 2015
Quotes count: 38
Wikipedia: Charles Kennedy

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