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.
If you're not working to get your business or investing operation to operate without you, you're thinking too small. Think team and systems.
I had a very ordinary background in Sheffield; I went to a secondary modern, but I saw something on TV in 1968 that inspired me to join an athletics club, and 12 years later, with great coaching and the support of people who loved me a lot, I ended up at an Olympic Games.
We don't get paid for activity, just for being right. As to how long we'll wait, we'll wait indefinitely.
You cannot allow your desire to be a winner to be diminished by achieving success before and I believe there is room for improvement in every sportsman.
I won from Mr. Jeffries because I outclassed him in every department of the fighting game. Before I entered the ring I was certain I would be the victor. I never changed my mind at any time.
We are producing something people can live without. But we need to keep thinking what would make our products a priority purchase even if they are not a necessity. If we stop doing that, no matter how successful Nintendo is at the moment, things will start going wrong in no time.
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