Charles Kennedy

Music and politics are in essence about communication. Without over-stretching the analogy I do feel a sense of rhythm is important in…

— Charles Kennedy

During my campaign, people of my age and younger said consistently that they would not vote because their votes simply no longer…

— Charles Kennedy

We would all rather see Iraq resolved successfully.

— Charles Kennedy

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

— Charles Kennedy

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

— Charles Kennedy

Quality of life actually begins at home - it's in your street, around your community.

— Charles Kennedy

In my view, nations together are stronger than when they are isolated. And because they are stronger, their people are more free,…

— Charles Kennedy

A society which is liberal democratic cannot have public policy determined upon the basis of who has got the loudest voice -…

— Charles Kennedy

Terrorism gravely threatens international peace and security, and as a solution, the power and apparent finality of force are seductive.

— Charles Kennedy

Tony Blair took us to war in Iraq on the basis of the supposed threat of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction.

— Charles Kennedy

Of all the principles which constitute Liberal Democracy, internationalism is the clearest, the most distinctive, and the one with the longest history.

— Charles Kennedy

When I started knocking on Highland doors in May 1983, two things struck me more than any other. First was the sheer…

— Charles Kennedy

I think you've got to like people. There are MPs who are either painfully shy or who don't like public speaking or…

— Charles Kennedy

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

— Charles Kennedy

I listened to the students on campus in Plymouth, worried about their steadily deepening debts and how on earth they would ever…

— Charles Kennedy

By common consent, most European countries support the maintenance of robust welfare states and are comfortable with taxation systems that support them.

— Charles Kennedy

The most special relationships, in my experience, are based on a combination of trust and mutual respect.

— Charles Kennedy

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

— Charles Kennedy

I want to see far more decisions taken far closer to the patients, the passengers and the pupils. Far more power for…

— Charles Kennedy

Politicians are good at saying how Government must do more, but we must also think carefully about where Government should do less.

— Charles Kennedy

As Liberal Democrats and proponents of federalism, we must put our heads above the parapet and recapture and disseminate the true meaning…

— Charles Kennedy

Only the Liberal Democrats have probed the government's failings consistently, thoroughly and effectively.

— Charles Kennedy

We all accept the world would be safer without Saddam's baleful dictatorship.

— Charles Kennedy

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

— Charles Kennedy

Whatever the eventual judgment, the political implications of Hutton are already clear. A devastating indictment of Labour in power - and of…

— Charles Kennedy