I don't watch a huge amount of telly. I read a lot. I'm reading at the moment 'Freedom,' by Jonathan Franzen, a great big brick of a book, and I'm loving it. Nick Clegg amountbigbook Change image and share on social
If there's one thing I'm not going to apologise for as the leader of the Liberal Democrats in government after 60 or 70 years of being out of government, it's that you just cannot avoid but deal with the world the way it is. Nick Clegg apologiseavoiddeal share on social
We can't return to the 19th century, draw up our drawbridges and say, we don't have anything to do with each other, Germany will not work with the Netherlands, the UK will not work with France. That's ludicrous. We are condemned to work with each other. Nick Clegg 19thcenturycondemn share on social
I don't want to clip on the armour every morning. I've seen some politicians do this and they get a bit mangled and bitter. I just refuse to do that. I refuse to be angry or bitter or complain, and I remain open. I may sometimes be a bit too open but I'm not going to change that one bit. Nick Clegg angryarmourbite share on social
You've got some very powerful countries: Poland, the United Kingdom, Sweden and others who have a genuine desire to see the euro zone straighten itself out. It's good for all of us, whether you're in the euro zone or not, to make sure that it doesn't lead to a fracturing. Nick Clegg countrydesireeuro share on social
Most people in this country are very fair-minded; they understand we're in the middle of a very difficult journey of repairing, rescuing, restoring our British economy, and they want us, and they want particularly Liberal Democrats in government, to fight for the fairest possible way of doing that. Nick Clegg britishcountrydemocrat share on social
One thing I've very quickly learned is that if you wake up every morning worrying about what's in the press, you would go completely and utterly potty. Nick Clegg completelyhavelearn Change image and share on social
Any government, of whatever composition, needs to mobilise opinion way beyond its own ranks in order to do the difficult things that it does. Nick Clegg compositiondifficultgovernment Change image and share on social
We need to teach our kids, because there is such a celebrity culture at the moment, that however rich you are, however famous you are, however glamorous you are, everyone has to live by the same rules. Nick Clegg celebrityculturefamous share on social
Voters tell politicians what they want through the ballot box. Constantly second-guessing them by speculating whether the parties should gang up on each other misses the point. Nick Clegg ballotboxconstantly Change image and share on social