189 Quotes by Charles Kennedy


  • Author Charles Kennedy
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    This country has a proud history of opening its doors to generations of people fleeing personal persecution, civil unrest and war.

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    Why is it you remain so wedded to this proposal for 90 days? Surely it's wrong. Surely you are going to have to back down.

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    With every day that passes, David Blunkett becomes more insensitive in his language and more intemperate in his actions.

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    I don't actually subscribe to the view that all power corrupts. But absolute power - when secured on the back of massive parliamentary majorities, which don't reflect the balance of political opinion in the country - can corrupt absolutely.

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    Fair votes - fundamentally - are about the rights and the interests of the people.

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    The government's instinct is to shroud itself in secrecy - to act like the office of a president instead of as a collective cabinet government held to account by the elected House of Commons.

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