CHARLES KENNEDY

Terrorism gravely threatens international peace and security, and as a solution, the power and apparent finality of force are seductive.

We'll need to revise the tired assumption that people automatically become more conservative as they grow older.

To be seen to be human, provided you're doing your job at the same time, is definitely not a negative, not at all.

Fair votes - fundamentally - are about the rights and the interests of the people.

I believe when the country feels threatened it is important that we are seen to be working together to find an appropriate structure for dealing with terrorists in our midst.

I happen to consider myself a Highlander even before a Scot; I am proud to be British yet feel comfortable as a European citizen.

The late Roy Jenkins was both a mentor and a personal friend. He was a man of both phenomenal intellect and political achievement in equal measure.

We believe that government in Britain should be working to restore our reputation on the international stage after Iraq and engage better within Europe.

This country has a proud history of opening its doors to generations of people fleeing personal persecution, civil unrest and war.

When human rights are systematically abused, it raises the question whether it may be legitimate in some circumstances for the international community to intervene within individual states as well as in conflicts between states.

A smaller-size party and parliamentary membership does not necessarily equate to lesser demands; if anything, the opposite can be the case.

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

I believe that access to a university education should be based on the ability to learn, not what people can afford. I think there is no more nauseating a sight than politicians pulling up the ladder of opportunity behind them.

For any new leader of any party at any given time it takes time if you are not in government to establish yourself.

We all accept the world would be safer without Saddam's baleful dictatorship.

As I spread my wings in politics, I discovered many Thatcher voters down south who were the same kind of people who loathed her in Scotland. They were puzzled by the Scots' antipathy, given the Falklands war and the strong militaristic history of the Highlands and elsewhere.

We need less theoretical debate and more practical application and acknowledgment of what Europe can and does do so that it is brought home to people in a relevant way.

Liberals have been committed to the principles of human rights, international stability, and international justice. They have also sought international solutions to those problems which have demanded collective attention.

I'm not someone who dwells upon past events, taking the view that life is too short.

I couldn't imagine a day without music. It relaxes and stimulates me in equal measure and I hate the sound of silence - the concept, I mean, not the track by Simon and Garfunkel.

People are not stupid.

Labour politicians for generations have fought to bring democracy to the House of Lords.

As Liberal Democrats and proponents of federalism, we must put our heads above the parapet and recapture and disseminate the true meaning of federalism. We have to win the vocabulary before we succeed in the vision.

My approach is always to try to be straight with people, especially about what my party can achieve.

I find no contradiction between being a Highlander, a Scot, a citizen of the U.K. and a citizen of the European Union at one and the same time.