Most of what needs to be changed in the euro zone can be done without treaty changes. The demand for treaty change is as political as it is legal and I don't think it's going to happen soon. Nick Clegg changedemandeuro Change image and share on social
The Labour Party has become consumed by collective bile towards... the Liberal Democrats. That portrays a rather nasty arrogance. Nick Clegg arrogancebilecollective Change image and 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
The British political system and the whole clapped out Westminster architecture, and the language that we use about politics, it's completely unsustainable. You either decide to be part of that transition to do something different. Or you cling to old certainties. Nick Clegg architecturebritishcertainty share on social
Joining the Liberal Party was a no-brainer for me... And when you are a young man, you don't get a calculator out saying, 'Am I going to get to power?' You get propelled forward by idealism. Nick Clegg brainercalculatorforward Change image and share on social
I didn't become leader to transform the Liberal Democrats into an enlarged form of the Electoral Reform Society. It's not the be all and end all for us. There are other very, very key ambitions in politics, not least social mobility and life chances, that I care about as passionately if not more. Nick Clegg ambitioncarechance share on social
Our Sheffield and London homes are worth well over a million but the bank owns most of them - we are mortgaged up to the gills. Nick Clegg bankgillhome Change image and share on social
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
What we should be doing in the EU as a whole is more economic integration in the single market, rather than less. Nick Clegg economicintegrationmarket Change image and share on social
Actually, the curious thing is that the more you become a subject of admiration or loathing, the more you're examined under a microscope, the distance seems to open up between who you really are and the portrayals that people impose on you. Nick Clegg admirationcuriousdistance share on social