Charles Kennedy Quotes
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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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I believe that access to a university education should be based on the ability to learn, not what people can afford. I think there is no more nauseating a sight than politicians pulling up the ladder of opportunity behind them.
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Three simple words - freedom, justice and honesty. These sum up what the Liberal Democrats stand for.
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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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People are not stupid.
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We all accept the world would be safer without Saddam's baleful dictatorship.
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Taking a principled and consistent stance over Iraq has attracted much criticism from our detractors and opponents.
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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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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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When it comes to our public services, decentralisation means giving power back to those on the front line - our doctors, nurses, teachers and physiotherapists, and our locally elected officials.
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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.
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I think you've got to like people. There are MPs who are either painfully shy or who don't like public speaking or don't socialise very well, and you just think this must be the worst job in the world for them.
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We would all rather see Iraq resolved successfully.
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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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Some ministers are fond of talking about a return to Victorian values. We must realise that those Victorian values are being expressed by some of the younger people in this society in shameful and disturbing disregard for other members of their generation who are not as fortunate as they are in having a job.
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I'm a fully paid-up member of the human race.
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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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Valuing public servants would boost morale among those on the front line of implementing government policy.
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It is the government's fundamental duty to ensure the security of every individual citizen.
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Public perception of the Westminster arena, with all its posturings, does little to engender a sense of voter belief.
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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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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.
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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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The one thing we can all be sure about in politics is you are as well to expect the unexpected.