Charles Kennedy Quotes

• I’m a lifelong believer in trade unionism.

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• I’m not someone who dwells upon past events, taking the view that life is too short.

   

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• Immigrants provide skills that we simply cannot afford to do without. They have contributed hugely to Britain’s success.

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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.

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  Tags in Lose, Vote

• 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.

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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.

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• My approach is always to try to be straight with people, especially about what my party can achieve.

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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.

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  Tags in Serious, Too

• The one thing we can all be sure about in politics is you are as well to expect the unexpected.

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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.

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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.

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  Tags in Better, System

• The point never to lose sight of is to be guided by the correct thing, as you see it. It’s the only way to approach such profound matters and retain your integrity.

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• There is no satisfaction to be derived from having had many of our arguments borne out by events.

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• To be seen to be human, provided you’re doing your job at the same time, is definitely not a negative, not at all.

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  Tags in Doing, Human

• To run an effective political party you need a degree of tribalism, it’s the glue that holds everyone together.

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  Tags in Political, Together, Need

• With 24-hour news… the story moves on with the media.

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  Tags in Story, Media, News

• 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.

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  Tags in Believe, Between, Cooperation

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

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  Tags in High, Politicians

• We would all rather see Iraq resolved successfully.

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• You won’t catch Liberal Democrats describing trade unionists as wreckers.

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  Tags in Won, Trade, Liberal

Charles Kennedy (41)

Birth:	25th November, 1959
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Politician

About

Charles Peter Kennedy is a British Liberal Democrat politician, who led the Liberal Democrats from 9 August 1999 until 7 January 2006 and is currently a member of parliament (MP) for the Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency. Kennedy was educated at Lochaber High School, in Fort William. There, he was known for taking part in the school's mock elections that ran at the same time as the real elections.

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