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> [You won't catch Liberal Democrats describing trade unionists as wreckers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kennedy/you-won-t-catch-liberal-democrats-describing-trade-unionists-as/)

[Charles Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-kennedy/)

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## More by Charles Kennedy

> [Politics means facing up to hard choices and facing down prejudice, short-termism, the easy, tempting court of knee-jerk public reaction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kennedy/politics-means-facing-up-to-hard-choices-and-facing-down-prejudice/)

[Charles Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-kennedy/)

> [It would be a tragedy if the remarkable international coalition against terrorism, successfully marshalled in the aftermath of 11 September, were to fragment over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kennedy/it-would-be-a-tragedy-if-the-remarkable-international-coalition/)

[Charles Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-kennedy/)

> [Speaking to numerous teachers and nurses, I am consistently struck by the sense of mission they have about their work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kennedy/speaking-to-numerous-teachers-and-nurses-i-am-consistently-struck-by/)

[Charles Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-kennedy/)

> [Terror can never be defeated by force alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kennedy/terror-can-never-be-defeated-by-force-alone/)

[Charles Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-kennedy/)

> [Three simple words - freedom, justice and honesty. These sum up what the Liberal Democrats stand for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kennedy/three-simple-words-freedom-justice-and-honesty-these-sum-up-what-the/)

[Charles Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-kennedy/)

> [I happen to consider myself a Highlander even before a Scot; I am proud to be British yet feel comfortable as a European citizen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kennedy/i-happen-to-consider-myself-a-highlander-even-before-a-scot-i-am/)

[Charles Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-kennedy/)

> [Some ministers are fond of talking about a return to Victorian values. We must realise that those Victorian values are being expressed by some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kennedy/some-ministers-are-fond-of-talking-about-a-return-to-victorian-values/)

[Charles Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-kennedy/)

> [I have never once been persuaded as to the causal link between the Iraqi regime, al-Qaeda and September 11. I do believe the impact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kennedy/i-have-never-once-been-persuaded-as-to-the-causal-link-between-the/)

[Charles Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-kennedy/)

> [I'm not someone who dwells upon past events, taking the view that life is too short](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kennedy/i-m-not-someone-who-dwells-upon-past-events-taking-the-view-that-life/)

[Charles Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-kennedy/)

> [Ours is a stable country. Ours is a sensible country. And ours is a fundamentally decent country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kennedy/ours-is-a-stable-country-ours-is-a-sensible-country-and-ours-is-a/)

[Charles Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-kennedy/)

> [Yes, you need substance in politics - but I think your style also says something about how you arrive at some of your conclusions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kennedy/yes-you-need-substance-in-politics-but-i-think-your-style-also-says/)

[Charles Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-kennedy/)

> [We need less theoretical debate and more practical application and acknowledgment of what Europe can and does do so that it is brought home…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kennedy/we-need-less-theoretical-debate-and-more-practical-application-and/)

[Charles Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-kennedy/)

> [We need a liberal agenda in which government resists the temptation to interfere in the lives of individuals but is equally determined to play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kennedy/we-need-a-liberal-agenda-in-which-government-resists-the-temptation/)

[Charles Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-kennedy/)

> [I couldn't imagine a day without music. It relaxes and stimulates me in equal measure and I hate the sound of silence - the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kennedy/i-couldn-t-imagine-a-day-without-music-it-relaxes-and-stimulates-me/)

[Charles Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-kennedy/)

> [Soon after the 1997 election, I argued that there was no inverse law of political gravity which said that everything which went down had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kennedy/soon-after-the-1997-election-i-argued-that-there-was-no-inverse-law/)

[Charles Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-kennedy/)

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