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" I don't want a headline saying 'Kennedy suggests this or implies that.' "

Charles Kennedy

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" My health is good and it's up to me to keep it that way. "

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" I'm not someone who dwells upon past events, taking the view that life is too short. "

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" Valuing public servants would boost morale among those on the front line of implementing government policy. "

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" I can hardly think of an occasion when I've got into a stand-up fight with any political opponent. I've got my views, people know what they are, they can agree or they can choose to disagree. I'm not going to waste time just rubbishing everybody else. "

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" As a Scot, representing a Scottish constituency for almost the past 25 years, I do not harbour an overweening ambition to pronounce on each and every matter exclusively English. "

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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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" 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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" Just as we Liberal Democrats opposed the flawed logic of that war in Iraq - we will oppose the flawed government claim that we have to surrender our fundamental rights in order to improve our security. "

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" Westminster is a jungle - and the hunter can always smell fear on its prey. "

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" Courage is a peculiar kind of fear. "

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" The quicker we get rid of the lobby system the better for all of us. I don't think in this day and age it is tenable to have these nods and winks, and on-the-record and off-the-record briefings. "

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" For any new leader of any party at any given time it takes time if you are not in government to establish yourself. "

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" The one thing we can all be sure about in politics is you are as well to expect the unexpected. "

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" As Liberal Democrats and proponents of federalism, we must put our heads above the parapet and recapture and disseminate the true meaning of federalism. We have to win the vocabulary before we succeed in the vision. "

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" The way to defeat international terrorism is through international cooperation based on international law, clear intelligence, and a measured and appropriate military response. "

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