Charles Kennedy Quotes

It's absolutely crucial for the Democrats to have a sense of their history, of who they are, in order to be able to project their values and stand up for them.

Every single person is political. I am a Left-liberal and my politics is issue-based.

I would encourage anyone who shares our liberal values in or outside parliament to join our party and join our liberal movement. Our door is absolutely open.

I was a member of the young liberals, the young conservatives, and young Labour, according to who gave the best parties.

Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative

Liberal Republicanism has kept this party abreast of human need in a changing world.

Maybe unlike a lot of people who join the SNP today, I never had any expectation of a political career.

The advantage that Democrats have is that they're a big-tent party.

My parents were admirers of President Roosevelt and the New Deal. Their parents and most of our relatives and neighbors were Republicans, so they were self-conscious in their liberalism and took it as emblematic of their ability to think for themselves.

Politics is tricky for me. For most of my life, I didn't think it applied to me.

I'm very much engaged in the political battles. But I'm doing it as a supporter of Republicans... rather than as an active candidate.

The Democratic Party has been my party over 50 years, where I waged my battle to change America and change the world from its progressive wing.

I'm not giving up politics entirely - I'm just giving up leadership of a political party.

I have decided to create a new political movement.

For me, I'm not that interested in reading newspapers, for example, so the Labour Live event is a really good way for me to engage in party politics and hear speeches and have discussions.

As Democrats and progressives look to the future, we should remember our most essential values.

I know that we have to get in there and do something if we want to change the system and get a better government. But the whole task is very daunting. If I join either the Congress or the BJP, I will be forced to follow their systems and then I may not be able to do anything significant to change things.

The only thing about politics I do discuss is, be into them: Read what's online. Read what the candidates are talking about. Try to understand why people are fighting over what the candidates are standing for.

I've been politically radical my whole life, so when the left attacks, that hurts more.

I look at my own party, and I see that we've taken this technocratic, academic, elitist liberal class philosophy as far as it can go, and we got our butts kicked - and I don't know what else to do other than get involved myself.

I think Millennials are more progressive, more socially progressive, much more concerned about economic issues that impact the poor and middle class, and so that basically shows me that the Democratic party will have a bright future.

I grew up when Labour was in power and I was able to appreciate the values and the difference the government could make. I joined the party as a teenager and its values run deep though my veins.

Politics has always been personal for me. You know, growing up, I was in a very politically conscious household. We engaged with intellectuals and artists and academics from around the world who were thinking critically about politics and the intersection of politics and public life.

I'm liking my role as left-wing is my preferred position.

My kids have been around politics since they were little.