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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.
Charles Kennedy -
We are no longer a nation of one church; we are a nation of many churches.
Charles Kennedy
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Of all the principles which constitute Liberal Democracy, internationalism is the clearest, the most distinctive, and the one with the longest history.
Charles Kennedy -
Speaking to numerous teachers and nurses, I am consistently struck by the sense of mission they have about their work.
Charles Kennedy -
No government body is more notorious for over-legislation than the Department of Trade and Industry.
Charles Kennedy -
A society which is liberal democratic cannot have public policy determined upon the basis of who has got the loudest voice - or who can brings things to a halt.
Charles Kennedy -
As someone who has led his party through two general elections, I have not always been immune from feeling the pressure of electioneering tactics.
Charles Kennedy -
Terror can never be defeated by force alone.
Charles Kennedy
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The House of Lords has many fine aspects, but at its heart, it is a betrayal of the core democratic principle that those in the enlightened world hold so dear - that those who make the laws of the land should be elected by those who must obey those laws.
Charles Kennedy -
To involve young people and make sure that the system is more relevant to them in Scotland, we have a clear obligation to implement a policy of home rule.
Charles Kennedy -
Britain is a European power. We cannot change our geography. Our involvement in the politics of European cooperation is one of necessity. Our wealth and our security depend upon it.
Charles Kennedy -
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.
Charles Kennedy -
'Federalism', in the context of political and media usage in Britain, has come to mean the creation and imposition of a European superstate, one centralised in Brussels.
Charles Kennedy -
By common consent, most European countries support the maintenance of robust welfare states and are comfortable with taxation systems that support them.
Charles Kennedy