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

To run an effective political party you need a degree of tribalism, it's the glue that holds everyone together.

Courage is a peculiar kind of fear.

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.

Immigrants provide skills that we simply cannot afford to do without. They have contributed hugely to Britain's success.

Three simple words - freedom, justice and honesty. These sum up what the Liberal Democrats stand for.

Paddy Ashdown is the only party leader who's a trained killer. Although, to be fair, Mrs Thatcher was self taught.

We should have high expectations of our children, but politicians should not tell teachers how to meet them.

My favourite novel is Frederick Forsythe's Day Of The Jackal, the story about the unproven case of this apparent Englishman who was hired to assassinate De Gaulle….

Music and politics are in essence about communication. Without over-stretching the analogy I do feel a sense of rhythm is important in getting your message across.

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

Timing can be everything and wisdom requires the patience to wait as well as the courage to leap when the time becomes right.

She was not a writer herself but she was a very good reader, passionate and eclectic in her tastes, and my father had great faith in her judgments.

An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to be so open that there is no keeping anything in or out of it.

Once I started drinking more water, my skin, hair and nails all flourished.

We are trying to make up these other elements by gaining cost efficiencies through our reengineering process and through overt fund-raising activities to better support graduate education.

ISTPs have a vested interest in practical and applied science, especially in the field of mechanics.

Throughout the life cycle we consciously and unconsciously edit the events of our life, trying to give them meaning.

I like to fish when it's not too hot.

The angels and the saints rejoice at the sight of men on earth who struggle, suffer and labor for the love of Christ.

Why waste a sentence saying nothing?