Charles Kennedy Quotes
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I did not dwell on the issue of Europe during either the 2001 or the 2005 campaigns - despite it being a pivotal personal concern and despite seeing it as something of a litmus test for liberal democracy.
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We all accept the world would be safer without Saddam's baleful dictatorship.
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With every day that passes, David Blunkett becomes more insensitive in his language and more intemperate in his actions.
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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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The terrorist seeks to smash the most fundamental liberty of all: the right to lead our everyday lives on the basic assumption of safety.
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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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I'm a lifelong believer in trade unionism.
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This country has a proud history of opening its doors to generations of people fleeing personal persecution, civil unrest and war.
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A smaller-size party and parliamentary membership does not necessarily equate to lesser demands; if anything, the opposite can be the case.
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We'll need to revise the tired assumption that people automatically become more conservative as they grow older.
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There stands no contradiction between giving voice to legitimate anxiety and at the same time, as and when exchange of fire commences, looking to the rest of the country, as well as all of us in the House, to give full moral support to our forces.
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Like John Major in her wake, Thatcher was convinced that she understood the Scots - yet couldn't understand why we remained so stubbornly resistant towards the notion of understanding her.
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Just as we Liberal Democrats opposed the flawed logic of that war in Iraq - we will oppose the flawed government claim that we have to surrender our fundamental rights in order to improve our security.
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We want a strong, vibrant economy for Britain so that we can set out a clear and affordable alternative programme for government.
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The late Roy Jenkins was both a mentor and a personal friend. He was a man of both phenomenal intellect and political achievement in equal measure.
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I want to see far more decisions taken far closer to the patients, the passengers and the pupils. Far more power for locally and regionally elected politicians who understand best the needs of their areas. And far more say too for the dedicated staff at all levels in health and education.
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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.
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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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As a Scot, representing a Scottish constituency for almost the past 25 years, I do not harbour an overweening ambition to pronounce on each and every matter exclusively English.
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Whatever the eventual judgment, the political implications of Hutton are already clear. A devastating indictment of Labour in power - and of our political system itself.
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It has been the greatest privilege of my adult and public life to have served, for 32 years, as the Member of Parliament for our local Highlands and Islands communities.
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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.
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I have always considered myself of the reforming centre-left.
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I am genuinely not an over-the-top kind of person about politics or anything else.