Charles Kennedy Quotes

States should have enormous input into the decisions that affect them.

I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.

The Scottish Labour Party should work as equal partners with the U.K. party, just as Scotland is an equal partner in the United Kingdom. Scotland has chosen home rule - not London rule.

Throughout my political career, I've believed in the concept of home rule. Some call it local control. Whichever phrase you use, the concept is the same - the best decisions are those made closest to those who will be impacted by the decisions.

Texans can run Texas without the federal government telling them what to do.

There is a lack of emphasis and detail on self-government of business enterprises and community government. There is too much emphasis on the part that the Project Director and his staff play. Governmental officials should not impose their will on the residents, but the government should be formulated by the residents. It is absolutely essential that the personnel understand and sympathize with the policy of self-government.

Each county elector makes his own rules

In all of our efforts, we continue to emphasize the importance of inclusivity and transparency on the part of the Afghan government and leadership, especially in linking nascent local governing institutions to the decision-making and financial resources in Kabul.

The Scotsman' is a cheerleader for devolution.

We have found, in our country, that when people have the right to make decisions as close to home as possible, they usually make the right decisions.

We can have enhanced devolution - greater powers in Scotland - but within the strength, security and stability of the United Kingdom, and I think that's what most Scots want.

Separation and devolution are two completely different concepts which cannot be mixed together. One is not a stop on the way to the other.

I'm not searching for ways to tell the District of Columbia what to do.

That's what I think regions are about, making central government more accountable and fairer.

I often say that Arizonans should decide what's best for Arizona.

Now is the time for all Alaskans to come together and reach out with our core message of taking power from the federal government and bringing it back home to the people.

Central authority is bad. The bias should be for freedom. And without a central authority, there are lots of little authorities, and we learn which ones to trust.

Democracy should be home grown.

Where there is only a national representative government without local self-government, there is no liberty as we understand it

Many states have legalized medicinal marijuana. I believe the president and the Department of Justice ought to respect the will of these separate states... We are capable of self-government. We don't need some federal gendarme to come and tell us what to do. I believe comity toward the states...ought to govern the policy.

Individual liberty depends on decentralized government

… far from making one single Republic, this land has reverted to a state of many little republics of towns and localities.

I think that the more we, as a state, yield and cede decisions to the federal government, the lesser we'll be for it as a state.

We need to allow people to bypass government... to look to themselves for solving problems rather than asking the government to do things for them.

In Virginia, we want to have our own opportunity to control our own destiny, control our own market.