Charles Kennedy Quotes

Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.

If you take a strong stance and have a clear opinion or statement on any subject online, you're going to polarize people. And without that polarity, there's no discussion. Discussion is what I want, which means that I'm fine with the consequences.

The day-to-day making of policy is arguing all the time.

We are a country that does better when we do debate and air our differences.

Nothing ever gets settled in this town. a seething debating society in which the debate never stops, in which people never give up, including me. And so that's the atmosphere in which you administer.

I like arguments.

One can always debate questions back and forth.

Discussion in America means dissent.

A debate has one purpose, one purpose only, and that is to facilitate the exchange of ideas directly between two candidates, and that's it.

If the word 'No' was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless.

I love disagreements. I love the democratic process. If I'm in a room where everybody agrees, I start to nod off.

A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

I don't want to make videos where people are always happy and they're agreeing. It's boring! Do something where people can talk about it.

In America we don’t apologize for opinions, that’s why we have a 1st Amendment. If we can’t discuss even controversial opinions in the pages of our newspapers, where are we going to do it?

By definition, politics is, or ought to be, division.

Issues are a problem for politicians most of the time; the reason is that somebody won't like what you say when you start talking issues.

It is only by the collision of adverse opinions that the remainder of the truth has any chance of being supplied.

I think difference of opinion is a good thing.

I love a spirited debate.

I think politics is always about dialogue. I think journalism ranges from dialogue to monologue, and there are times when different poles are necessary.

There's one thing my dad taught me: don't talk about politics, because you'll never make anyone happy. Don't even go for it.

Arguing is fun when you think you have all the answers.

If you don't like being attacked for your point of view, you shouldn't be in politics in the first place.

I understand that people have a critical mind towards my position. And receive a lot of confusion too.