Immigrants provide skills that we simply cannot afford to do without. They have contributed hugely to Britain's success.
Interpretation
Immigrants are essential to the success of a country due to the skills they bring.
This quote emphasizes the crucial role that immigrants play in the prosperity and progress of a nation. Charles Kennedy highlights that the unique skills and contributions of immigrants are indispensable to the success of Britain, underlining the importance of welcoming diversity and the value of each individual's input in achieving national goals.
In practice
In a speech at an economic conference highlighting the importance of workforce diversity.
Further Education should be about the ability to learn, not the ability to pay - everyone who is able should have the opportunity, regardless of their family background. I don't want to see students struggling with huge debts or frightened off even going to university in the first place.
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.
Control your own destiny or someone else will.
Spectacular achievements come from unspectacular preparation.
Victory is much more meaningful when it comes not just from one person, but from the joint achievements of many.
Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?
When you talk about black entrepreneurship, you're talking about addressing the foundation of what's going on with our people when we don't have any financial power. Our basic needs aren't being met in a lot of cases, so there's no way we're going to be able to tap into our potential until we address those bottom-level base needs.
Iβve been thrashed by the critics. I love having critics for breakfast. Iβve been having them for 30 years in Mexico - just eating them like chicken and then throwing the bones away. They have not survived, I have!
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