A Quote by Charles Kennedy

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.

Charles Kennedy

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Charles Kennedy
British - Politician
November 25, 1959 - June 1, 2015

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

Charles Kennedy

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Malcolm X

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Traian Basescu

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Laurie Halse Anderson

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You want to be a citizen of the world, and then life happens, and you forget to be a citizen of the world; you're a citizen of your own existence.

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Frederick Douglass

One must choose between making a man or a citizen, for one cannot make both at the same time.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Political liberty in a citizen is that tranquillity of spirit which comes from the opinion each one has of his security, and in order for him to have this liberty the government must be such that one citizen cannot fear another citizen.

Baron de Montesquieu

In any civilized society, it is every citizen's responsibility to obey just laws. But at the same time, it is every citizen's responsibility to disobey unjust laws.