Charles Kennedy Quotes
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I think that former leaders are best seen occasionally and not too often heard - particularly on the subject of their successors!
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Only the Liberal Democrats have probed the government's failings consistently, thoroughly and effectively.
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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.
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'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.
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By common consent, most European countries support the maintenance of robust welfare states and are comfortable with taxation systems that support them.
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No government body is more notorious for over-legislation than the Department of Trade and Industry.
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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.
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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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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.
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Speaking to numerous teachers and nurses, I am consistently struck by the sense of mission they have about their work.
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Terror can never be defeated by force alone.
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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.
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As someone who has led his party through two general elections, I have not always been immune from feeling the pressure of electioneering tactics.
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New Labour needs to realise that family life and the way we raise our children are private matters.
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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.
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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.