You have a political and media elite who have an idiom by which they describe politics. Its highly, highly polarised. Its right, left, red, blue, up, down, victorious, crushed. – Nick Clegg
When I became leader, I made very clear I was not going to choose the easy life. I have always taken risks. I dont like comfort-zone politics. – Nick Clegg
What I hope is in five years time, I can go to the British people in the election and say: Lots of you doubted that coalition politics worked, but it has worked. – Nick Clegg
If you scratch below the surface and ask what really makes me tick, its the liberalism of trying to promote freedom and opportunity. Promoting social mobility is one of the keys to that. – Nick Clegg
A cloud does not know why it moves in just such a direction and at such a speed, it feels an impulsion… .this is the place to go now. But the sky knows the reason and the patterns behind all clouds, and you will know, too, when you lift yourself high enough to see beyond horizons. – Richard Bach