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People are not stupid.
Courage is a peculiar kind of fear.
I'm a lifelong believer in trade unionism.
Terror can never be defeated by force alone.
I'm a fully paid-up member of the human race.
We would all rather see Iraq resolved successfully.
My health is good and it's up to me to keep it that way.
I have always considered myself of the reforming centre-left.
I don't want a headline saying 'Kennedy suggests this or implies that.'
You won't catch Liberal Democrats describing trade unionists as wreckers.
Actually, I think it's quite sensible not to take yourself too seriously.
We are no longer a nation of one church; we are a nation of many churches.
Westminster is a jungle - and the hunter can always smell fear on its prey.
We all accept the world would be safer without Saddam's baleful dictatorship.
I am genuinely not an over-the-top kind of person about politics or anything else.
Fair votes - fundamentally - are about the rights and the interests of the people.
Gratification and happiness are becoming important measures of our quality of life.
I'm not someone who dwells upon past events, taking the view that life is too short
I'm not someone who dwells upon past events, taking the view that life is too short.
I will go out of this world feet first with my Lib Dem membership card in my pocket.
Quality of life actually begins at home - it's in your street, around your community.
There is always a temptation for governments: see a problem and announce a quick fix.
I know from my own parents how important active older people are to a local community.
We actually believe in hope. But hope requires purpose. And purpose requires direction.
Labour politicians for generations have fought to bring democracy to the House of Lords.
It must be a judge - never a politician - who decides whether someone is to be locked up.
It is the government's fundamental duty to ensure the security of every individual citizen.
The one thing we can all be sure about in politics is you are as well to expect the unexpected.
Ours is a stable country. Ours is a sensible country. And ours is a fundamentally decent country.
There is no satisfaction to be derived from having had many of our arguments borne out by events.
Decentralisation is controversial - but that's fine. We should be fearless about having a debate.
That 1983 general election contained the telltale seeds of eventual Scottish Tory self-destruction.
New Labour needs to realise that family life and the way we raise our children are private matters.
My approach is always to try to be straight with people, especially about what my party can achieve.
No government body is more notorious for over-legislation than the Department of Trade and Industry.
Three simple words - freedom, justice and honesty. These sum up what the Liberal Democrats stand for.
We Liberal Democrats don't believe we should use the tax structure to champion just one type of family.
It's our job as Liberal Democrats to be an effective opposition - and an increasingly tough one as well.
The most special relationships, in my experience, are based on a combination of trust and mutual respect.
Those who use our public services should be able to deal directly with those who manage and deliver them.
I do think there is a great deal of caricature around the House of Commons. It is just that kind of place.
Only the Liberal Democrats have probed the government's failings consistently, thoroughly and effectively.
People have a huge desire to be listened to, for politicians to take the time to understand their problems.
Valuing public servants would boost morale among those on the front line of implementing government policy.
We should have high expectations of our children, but politicians should not tell teachers how to meet them.
The growing influence of focus groups means we are all in danger of being excessively cowed by their feedback.
Tony Blair took us to war in Iraq on the basis of the supposed threat of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction.
To run an effective political party you need a degree of tribalism, it's the glue that holds everyone together.
We'll need to revise the tired assumption that people automatically become more conservative as they grow older.
Paddy Ashdown is the only party leader who's a trained killer. Although, to be fair, Mrs Thatcher was self taught.