189 Quotes by Charles Kennedy

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.

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.

We should have high expectations of our children, but politicians should not tell teachers how to meet them.

We must restore faith in politics. Reform of the House of Lords is only one part of the answer, but it is a vital one.

Politics is much too serious to be taken too seriously; equally, there are many aspects of it so laughable as to be lamentable.

We need less theoretical debate and more practical application and acknowledgment of what Europe can and does do so that it is brought home to people in a relevant way.

Democracy demands trust. It demands that sense of mutual understanding. And - it's a two way street. You've got to give - as much as you take.

We'll need to revise the tired assumption that people automatically become more conservative as they grow older.

The way to defeat international terrorism is through international cooperation based on international law, clear intelligence, and a measured and appropriate military response.