Quotes By Charles Kennedy

To run an effective political party you need a degree of tribalism, it's the glue that holds everyone together.

With 24-hour news... the story moves on with the media.

I am genuinely not an over-the-top kind of person about politics or anything else.

I do think there is a great deal of caricature around the House of Commons. It is just that kind of place.

I should do something about the cigarettes; I quite accept that it's bad for your health, but you know a moderate tipple is positively beneficial and, at certain times, absolutely essential.

Actually, I think it's quite sensible not to take yourself too seriously.

I'm not someone who dwells upon past events, taking the view that life is too short.

The point never to lose sight of is to be guided by the correct thing, as you see it. It's the only way to approach such profound matters and retain your integrity.

There are hard choices to be made in balancing the country's security and an individual's liberties. But it is a choice that has to be faced.

Yes, you need substance in politics - but I think your style also says something about how you arrive at some of your conclusions.

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.