Charles Kennedy
Charles Kennedy
Charles Peter Kennedywas a British Liberal Democrat politician, who was Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1999 to 2006 and a Member of Parliamentfrom 1983 to 2015, latterly for the Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth25 November 1959
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When power is exercised exclusively at the centre, the result is rigidity of rules and alienation of the people subject to those rules.
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Those who use our public services should be able to deal directly with those who manage and deliver them.
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We congratulate Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles and we wish them all future happiness.
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We need less theoretical debate and more practical application and acknowledgment of what Europe can and does do so that it is brought home to people in a relevant way.
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We'll need to revise the tired assumption that people automatically become more conservative as they grow older.
We are no longer a nation of one church; we are a nation of many churches.
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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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Westminster is a jungle - and the hunter can always smell fear on its prey.
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We actually believe in hope. But hope requires purpose. And purpose requires direction.
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We believe that government in Britain should improve the quality of people's lives and improve the quality of our public services in every local community.
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We believe that government in Britain should be working to restore our reputation on the international stage after Iraq and engage better within Europe.
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We believe that government in Britain is there to protect people from terrorism and from the worst criminality, but never at the expense of our civil liberties and the basic tenets of our legal system.
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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.