--- title: "81 Nick Clegg Quotes - Famous Politician (Politics)" description: "Nick Clegg quotes on tech mishaps, government stories, and free speech." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b035/author-nick-clegg-8434.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b035/author-nick-clegg-8434.jpg) # Nick Clegg (1967) Politician United Kingdom **81** quotes in **718** categories A BlackBerry lost at sea became a funny story for a dad playing with his kids. The quotes talk about how governments can turn good ideas into bad ones, why early school years shape children, and why protecting free speech matters. They also warn against unfair tax cuts and fiscal belt‑tightening. Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Nick Clegg is a politician from the United Kingdom, best known for *Politics*. ## Quick Facts About Nick Clegg Born January 7, 1967 Nationality United Kingdom Profession Politician Notable works Politics Spouse Miriam González Durántez ## About Nick Clegg Sir Nicholas William Peter Clegg is a British retired politician and media executive who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2015 and as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2007 to 2015. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Hallam from 2005 to 2017. An "Orange Book" liberal, he has been associated with both socially liberal and economically liberal policies. ## Awards & Honors Knight Bachelor ## Quotes by Nick Clegg > [Politics is a highly tribal business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/politics-is-a-highly-tribal-business/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b68/nick-clegg-8434_business_politics-is-a-highly-tribal-business-235_2351587.png) > [“Reason, in the end, will win against unreason.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/reason-in-the-end-will-win-against-unreason/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Intelligence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/intelligence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b9/nick-clegg-8434_intelligence_reason-in-the-end-will-win-against-unrea_1786021.png) > [I am quite strict as a dad but I don't want to be censorious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/i-am-quite-strict-as-a-dad-but-i-don-t-want-to-be-censorious/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Dad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7d/nick-clegg-8434_dad_i-am-quite-strict-as-a-dad-but-i-don-t-w_272710.png) > [After the economic 9/11, we will face a new world order.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/after-the-economic-9-11-we-will-face-a-new-world-order/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Economic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/economic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a9/nick-clegg-8434_economic_after-the-economic-9-11-we-will-face-a-n_1405200.png) > [ \[Ed Miliband\]'s elevated personal abuse into a sort of strategy ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/ed-miliband-s-elevated-personal-abuse-into-a-sort-of-strategy/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Abuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abuse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/nick-clegg-8434_abuse_ed-miliband-s-elevated-personal-abuse-in_2383373.png) > [“In a mature democracy, the winner simply cannot take it all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/in-a-mature-democracy-the-winner-simply-cannot-take-it-all/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Democracy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/democracy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e91/nick-clegg-8434_democracy_in-a-mature-democracy-the-winner-simply_2837940.png) > [The Liberal Democrats will add a heart to a Conservative government and a brain to a Labour one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/the-liberal-democrats-will-add-a-heart-to-a-conservative-government/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Add](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/add/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/nick-clegg-8434_add_the-liberal-democrats-will-add-a-heart-t_1552651.png) > [ Every time \[Chris Bryant\] asks a question I become more and more baffled why anyone would want to hack his phone and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/every-time-chris-bryant-asks-a-question-i-become-more-and-more/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Asks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ca/nick-clegg-8434_asks_every-time-chris-bryant-asks-a-question_930587.png) > [ \[All governments\] get into a rut where every potentially good story turns into a bad one. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/all-governments-get-into-a-rut-where-every-potentially-good-story/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Good story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-story/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/nick-clegg-8434_good-story_all-governments-get-into-a-rut-where-eve_79164.png) > [I think that the days when newspaper barons could basically click their fingers and governments would snap to attention have gone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/i-think-that-the-days-when-newspaper-barons-could-basically-click/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e9/nick-clegg-8434_attention_i-think-that-the-days-when-newspaper-bar_1473827.png) > [What we should be doing in the EU as a whole is more economic integration in the single market, rather than less.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/what-we-should-be-doing-in-the-eu-as-a-whole-is-more-economic/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Economic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/economic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d54/nick-clegg-8434_economic_what-we-should-be-doing-in-the-eu-as-a-w_3052178.png) > [My head spins. One moment I'm told I'm too edgy, then people say I'm too angry, then that I show too much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/my-head-spins-one-moment-i-m-told-i-m-too-edgy-then-people-say-i-m/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Angry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/nick-clegg-8434_angry_my-head-spins-one-moment-i-m-told-i-m-to_1990813.png) > [“All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong … The only crime is pride. Sophocles”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/all-men-make-mistakes-but-a-good-man-yields-when-he-knows-his-course/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Failure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/failure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e33/nick-clegg-8434_failure_all-men-make-mistakes-but-a-good-man-yie_728314.png) > [ I care more about getting this right \[NHS reform\] than I do about getting it done. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/i-care-more-about-getting-this-right-nhs-reform-than-i-do-about/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Care](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/care/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee7/nick-clegg-8434_care_i-care-more-about-getting-this-right-nhs_3082881.png) > [I don't want to clip on the armour every morning. I've seen some politicians do this and they get a bit mangled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/i-don-t-want-to-clip-on-the-armour-every-morning-i-ve-seen-some/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Angry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67f/nick-clegg-8434_angry_i-don-t-want-to-clip-on-the-armour-every_2855649.png) > [With the EU taking in ten more countries and adopting a new Constitution, organisations need more than ever intelligent professional help in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/with-the-eu-taking-in-ten-more-countries-and-adopting-a-new/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Adopting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adopting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7e/nick-clegg-8434_adopting_with-the-eu-taking-in-ten-more-countries_2836547.png) > [I don't watch a huge amount of telly. I read a lot. I'm reading at the moment 'Freedom,' by Jonathan Franzen, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/i-don-t-watch-a-huge-amount-of-telly-i-read-a-lot-i-m-reading-at-the/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Amount](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amount/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/nick-clegg-8434_amount_i-don-t-watch-a-huge-amount-of-telly-i-r_978392.png) > [We can't return to the 19th century, draw up our drawbridges and say, we don't have anything to do with each other,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/we-can-t-return-to-the-19th-century-draw-up-our-drawbridges-and-say/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [19th century](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/19th-century/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/nick-clegg-8434_19th-century_we-can-t-return-to-the-19th-century-draw_1605783.png) > [The British political system and the whole clapped out Westminster architecture, and the language that we use about politics, it's completely unsustainable.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/the-british-political-system-and-the-whole-clapped-out-westminster/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/305/nick-clegg-8434_about_the-british-political-system-and-the-who_2965824.png) > [I don't even pretend we can occupy the Lib Dem holier-than-thou, hands-entirely-clean-and-entirely-empty-type stance. No, we are getting our hands dirty, and inevitably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/i-don-t-even-pretend-we-can-occupy-the-lib-dem-holier-than-thou-hands/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Accused](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accused/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48f/nick-clegg-8434_accused_i-don-t-even-pretend-we-can-occupy-the-l_898150.png) > [Nothing will do more damage to the pro-European movement than giving room to the suspicion that we have something to hide, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/nothing-will-do-more-damage-to-the-pro-european-movement-than-giving/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Argument](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/argument/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ed/nick-clegg-8434_argument_nothing-will-do-more-damage-to-the-pro-e_465171.png) > [We are keen to stress that a strong euro zone is good for a strong United Kingdom. It's not for us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/we-are-keen-to-stress-that-a-strong-euro-zone-is-good-for-a-strong/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Euro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/euro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/200/nick-clegg-8434_euro_we-are-keen-to-stress-that-a-strong-euro_156812.png) > [“The vote for Brexit is having a widespread and negative effect on the economy. These are not predictions, nor can they be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/the-vote-for-brexit-is-having-a-widespread-and-negative-effect-on-the/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Europe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/europe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/406/nick-clegg-8434_europe_the-vote-for-brexit-is-having-a-widespre_1730860.png) > [Tony Blair and Gordon Brown committed to John Major's spending envelopes in 1997. No-one said that Tony Blair and John Major were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/tony-blair-and-gordon-brown-committed-to-john-major-s-spending/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Agree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agree/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a58/nick-clegg-8434_agree_tony-blair-and-gordon-brown-committed-to_2477331.png) > [The Conservative Party is not honouring the commitment to Lords reform and, as a result, part of our contract has now been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/the-conservative-party-is-not-honouring-the-commitment-to-lords/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Agreement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agreement/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d66/nick-clegg-8434_agreement_the-conservative-party-is-not-honouring_2628129.png) > [I didn't become leader to transform the Liberal Democrats into an enlarged form of the Electoral Reform Society. It's not the be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/i-didn-t-become-leader-to-transform-the-liberal-democrats-into-an/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Ambition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ambition/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8a/nick-clegg-8434_ambition_i-didn-t-become-leader-to-transform-the_1557320.png) > [Liberal Democrats in government will not follow the last Labour government by sounding the retreat on the protection of civil liberties in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/liberal-democrats-in-government-will-not-follow-the-last-labour/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Citizens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/citizens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ec/nick-clegg-8434_citizens_liberal-democrats-in-government-will-not_2372482.png) > [We have got to make sure there is proper independent scrutiny and accountability for people in the press, just as there should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/we-have-got-to-make-sure-there-is-proper-independent-scrutiny-and/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Accountability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accountability/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/856/nick-clegg-8434_accountability_we-have-got-to-make-sure-there-is-proper_273319.png) > [If the euro zone doesn't come up with a comprehensive vision of its own future, you'll have a whole range of nationalist,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/if-the-euro-zone-doesn-t-come-up-with-a-comprehensive-vision-of-its/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [British](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/british/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/nick-clegg-8434_british_if-the-euro-zone-doesn-t-come-up-with-a_1414273.png) > [One of the big changes in politics has been because families, individuals, have felt worried, insecure... worried about the economy, worried about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/one-of-the-big-changes-in-politics-has-been-because-families/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Big changes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big-changes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22a/nick-clegg-8434_big-changes_one-of-the-big-changes-in-politics-has-b_1746021.png) > [You see people literally in a different galaxy who are paying extraordinarily low rates of tax.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/you-see-people-literally-in-a-different-galaxy-who-are-paying/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Aliens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aliens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cb/nick-clegg-8434_aliens_you-see-people-literally-in-a-different_137435.png) > [Any government, of whatever composition, needs to mobilise opinion way beyond its own ranks in order to do the difficult things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/any-government-of-whatever-composition-needs-to-mobilise-opinion-way/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Composition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/composition/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caa/nick-clegg-8434_composition_any-government-of-whatever-composition-n_841822.png) > [Our Sheffield and London homes are worth well over a million but the bank owns most of them - we are mortgaged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/our-sheffield-and-london-homes-are-worth-well-over-a-million-but-the/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/home/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df0/nick-clegg-8434_home_our-sheffield-and-london-homes-are-worth_1623838.jpg) > [The Labour Party has become consumed by collective bile towards... the Liberal Democrats. That portrays a rather nasty arrogance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/the-labour-party-has-become-consumed-by-collective-bile-towards-the/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Arrogance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrogance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/add/nick-clegg-8434_arrogance_the-labour-party-has-become-consumed-by_2237612.png) > [When I became leader, I made very clear I was not going to choose the easy life. I have always taken risks.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/when-i-became-leader-i-made-very-clear-i-was-not-going-to-choose-the/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Clear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clear/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d86/nick-clegg-8434_clear_when-i-became-leader-i-made-very-clear-i_1044689.png) > [I'm very lucky. I am one of those people who is able to go home, shut the front door and completely focus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/i-m-very-lucky-i-am-one-of-those-people-who-is-able-to-go-home-shut/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a5/nick-clegg-8434_able_i-m-very-lucky-i-am-one-of-those-people_2141261.png) > [“I need to say this – you shouldn't trust any government, actually including this one. You should not trust government – full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/i-need-to-say-this-you-shouldn-t-trust-any-government-actually/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Government](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/government/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/050/nick-clegg-8434_government_i-need-to-say-this-you-shouldn-t-trust-a_3230834.png) > [Most of what needs to be changed in the euro zone can be done without treaty changes. The demand for treaty change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/most-of-what-needs-to-be-changed-in-the-euro-zone-can-be-done-without/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Changed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/changed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02c/nick-clegg-8434_changed_most-of-what-needs-to-be-changed-in-the_2437699.png) > [You've got some very powerful countries: Poland, the United Kingdom, Sweden and others who have a genuine desire to see the euro…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/you-ve-got-some-very-powerful-countries-poland-the-united-kingdom/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/nick-clegg-8434_country_you-ve-got-some-very-powerful-countries_2892840.jpg) > [I've just been away for a week, and I dropped my BlackBerry in the sea while I was messing around with 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