Quotes By Charles Kennedy

We would all rather see Iraq resolved successfully.

I'm a fully paid-up member of the human race.

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.

Actually, I think it's quite sensible not to take yourself too seriously.

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

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.

Yes, you need substance in politics - but I think your style also says something about how you arrive at some of your conclusions.

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.

Courage is a peculiar kind of fear.

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.

I'm a lifelong believer in trade unionism.