Charles Kennedy
Charles Kennedy
Charles Peter Kennedywas a British Liberal Democrat politician, who was Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1999 to 2006 and a Member of Parliamentfrom 1983 to 2015, latterly for the Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth25 November 1959
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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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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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There are hard choices to be made in balancing the country's security and an individual's liberties. But it is a choice that has to be faced.
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There stands no contradiction between giving voice to legitimate anxiety and at the same time, as and when exchange of fire commences, looking to the rest of the country, as well as all of us in the House, to give full moral support to our forces.
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I believe that our country is a richer, more vibrant society precisely because it is a multi-racial, multi-ethnic society.
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I believe when the country feels threatened it is important that we are seen to be working together to find an appropriate structure for dealing with terrorists in our midst.
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In my view, as a country we need to rediscover some of that skepticism about government and revisit that libertarian agenda.
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The point never to lose sight of is to be guided by the correct thing, as you see it. It's the only way to approach such profound matters and retain your integrity.
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Westminster is a jungle - and the hunter can always smell fear on its prey.
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We Liberal Democrats don't believe we should use the tax structure to champion just one type of family.
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We believe that government in Britain should improve the quality of people's lives and improve the quality of our public services in every local community.
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We believe that government in Britain should be working to restore our reputation on the international stage after Iraq and engage better within Europe.
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We believe that government in Britain is there to protect people from terrorism and from the worst criminality, but never at the expense of our civil liberties and the basic tenets of our legal system.
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To be seen to be human, provided you're doing your job at the same time, is definitely not a negative, not at all.