Charles Kennedy Quotes

British - Politician | November 25, 1959 - June 1, 2015

Liberals have been committed to the principles of human rights, international stability, and international justice. They have also sought international solutions to those problems which have demanded collective attention.

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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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Those who use our public services should be able to deal directly with those who manage and deliver them.

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Decentralisation is controversial - but that's fine. We should be fearless about having a debate.

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We actually believe in hope. But hope requires purpose. And purpose requires direction.

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Soon after the 1997 election, I argued that there was no inverse law of political gravity which said that everything which went down had to come back up.

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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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New Labour needs to realise that family life and the way we raise our children are private matters.

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No government body is more notorious for over-legislation than the Department of Trade and Industry.

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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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Westminster is a jungle - and the hunter can always smell fear on its prey.

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In my view, as a country we need to rediscover some of that skepticism about government and revisit that libertarian agenda.

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