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. – Charles Kennedy
I am genuinely not an over-the-top kind of person about politics or anything else. – Charles Kennedy
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. – Charles Kennedy
Yes, you need substance in politics – but I think your style also says something about how you arrive at some of your conclusions. – Charles Kennedy
You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth. – Wangari Maathai