True gender equality in Scotland - and elsewhere - is still some way off. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
Labour's support in Scotland depends on their ability to be electable. If they are divided and unelectable, what's the point? — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
The U.K.'s debt belongs legally to Westminster, so Scotland, by definition, can't default on it. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
People in Scotland don't take too kindly to being lectured by a Tory Chancellor. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
My message is a simple one - the E.U. is not perfect, but Scotland's interests are best served by being a member. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
Voting Labour in the past hasn't protected Scotland against Tory governments. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
Scotland has a great deal to offer the world in terms of our approach to key economic and social issues. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
The decision on whether there is another referendum is down to the Scottish people. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
Scotland is not a region of the U.K.; Scotland is a nation, and if we cannot protect our interests within a U.K.… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
It would be a very serious mistake for the U.K. to vote to leave the European Union, and I think it would… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
Scotland almost invented the modern world. I mean, all of these televisions, telephones, penicillin, we all - all of these things were… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
English businesses would face massive transaction costs if Scotland, their second biggest export market, used a different currency. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
It is hard to overstate the economic importance of the U.S.A. to Scotland, and that makes it essential that we engage with… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
Is it not typical that we have a Tory Government that wants, just like its pals in the Labour Party, constantly to… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
I want there to be another independence referendum at some stage. I want Scotland to be independent, but I wouldn't choose to… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
An independent Scotland - like all countries - will face challenges, and we will have our ups and downs. But the decisions… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
I've not hidden and I'll never hide the fact that I want Scotland to be an independent country. But as long as… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
I don't feel we need to be independent for me to feel confident in my Scottish identity. I think Scotland is pretty… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
This is about sending a very strong message that Scotland does want to stay in the European Union and we're an open… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
If Scotland was independent, we'd be the 14th richest country in the developed world. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
Scotland's relationship with Malawi is perhaps unique - with almost every town or village in Scotland having some connection. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
Would I love to think that one day I would be First Minister of an independent Scotland? Of course. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
There are lots of jobs and investment in Scotland dependent on our membership of the E.U. single market. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
We already know that social security is more affordable in Scotland than it is in the rest of the U.K. - spending… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
Too often in the past, Scotland has been sidelined and ignored in the Westminster corridors of power, but that doesn't have to… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
My political awakening, if I can be as grand as to call it that, was all about what was happening around me.… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
Scotland has been re-energized, and people all over the country have become involved in - and informed about - politics and government… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
Labour long ago realised it could no longer automatically assume that it would win elections in Glasgow and other places where it… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
I should say that being independent in the modern model means independent in a very interdependent world. An independent Scotland is not… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
For me, personally, it has been humbling since I became First Minister to speak to women and girls and have them tell… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
An independent Scotland could afford pensions full stop - after all, it is our taxes and national insurance contributions that fund them… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
American companies based in Scotland employ large numbers of people - in fact, we are the best performing part of the U.K.,… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
I think Scotland will become an independent country. I've always believed that. It means that if I'm right on that, there has… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
I desperately want Scotland to be an independent country. I cannot, though, sit here and tell you definitively that it will happen,… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
The truth of the matter is that countries the world over have deficits. Let us remember this about Scotland's deficit: it was… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
People don't want to go back to the days, pre-referendum, when the Westminster establishment sidelined and ignored Scotland. They want Scotland's voice… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
For the Scottish government, the practice of having meetings in different parts of the country is well established, but for the U.K. government, it… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share
Voting Labour in the past hasn't protected Scotland against Tory governments. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share
My political awakening, if I can be as grand as to call it that, was all about what was happening around me. It wasn't… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share
Vote SNP for a party that always stands up for Scotland, that is stronger for Scotland, and a government that will keep the country… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share
One of the attributes Glasgow is best known for all over the world is the friendliness of her people. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share
Talent is really important in politics, but experience is also really important. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share
There was nothing in my childhood that said, 'She's going to be first minister of the country one day.' — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share
I was fascinated, long before I joined the SNP, in the world around me; current affairs really interested me. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share
I think it is disgraceful. I think it is completely disgusting that you've got a candidate for prime minster who seems to think that… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share
I was studious and bookish. Not just as a child but also as a teenager. I took myself too seriously. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share
There can be no greater privilege in life than to be chosen to lead your country. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share
It is one of the little known facts about modern Scottish politics that it is not quite as cut-throat as people think it is. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share
If something can be proven to work, we should try it... Making sure that our young folk get the best education is the only… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share
