Nicola Sturgeon

I drove my mum and dad mad.

— Nicola Sturgeon

Glasgow is a great city.

— Nicola Sturgeon

I admire Obama.

— Nicola Sturgeon

I like Indian takeaway.

— Nicola Sturgeon

Scotland's voice has to be heard

— Nicola Sturgeon

I'll be arguing for Scotland to vote to stay in the E.U.

— Nicola Sturgeon

Tory governments are bad for Scotland.

— Nicola Sturgeon

Scotland never voted for Margaret Thatcher.

— Nicola Sturgeon

I am a believer in people succeeding on merit.

— Nicola Sturgeon

The fact is Scottish Labour has lost its way.

— Nicola Sturgeon

I think you should always aim for more.

— Nicola Sturgeon

I don't know Ed Miliband as a person particularly well.

— Nicola Sturgeon

Many hard working people in low paid jobs get housing benefit.

— Nicola Sturgeon

I've got absolutely no desire or intention of damaging England.

— Nicola Sturgeon

I'm not a scientist. If there is a risk to our environment, there will be no fracking.

— Nicola Sturgeon

There was nothing in my childhood that said, 'She's going to be first minister of the country one day.'

— Nicola Sturgeon

Thatcher was the motivation for my entire political career. I hated everything she stood for.

— Nicola Sturgeon

One of the attributes Glasgow is best known for all over the world is the friendliness of her people.

— Nicola Sturgeon

I bow to no one in my ambition to see Glasgow be as successful as it possibly can be.

— Nicola Sturgeon

Equality and prosperity shouldn't be seen as enemies of each other, but as partners. One reinforces the other.

— Nicola Sturgeon

A whole range of things are done to ensure services remain safe and sustainable because that is the absolute paramount duty of…

— Nicola Sturgeon

Not once in my life has the Tory Party come anywhere close to winning an election in Scotland, and yet, for more…

— Nicola Sturgeon

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

Politics is a very male-dominated, male-driven profession. I was not just a woman but a young woman, and I suppose you end…

— Nicola Sturgeon

An independent Scotland - like all countries - will face challenges, and we will have our ups and downs. But the decisions…

— Nicola Sturgeon

I feel comfortable in a position of leadership, but that's not to say I feel complacent about it. I take it incredibly…

— Nicola Sturgeon

I think it is disgraceful. I think it is completely disgusting that you've got a candidate for prime minster who seems to…

— Nicola Sturgeon

Scottish politics, U.K. politics, is not really like American politics in this respect. Not everybody is absolutely obsessed with image. I'm not…

— Nicola Sturgeon

I'm manifestly not the same as Alex Salmond. I'm a different gender, for example... I'm being flippant, but maybe this is a…

— Nicola Sturgeon

Maybe its time for politicians to fight back a little bit in terms of this notion that politicians are all in it…

— Nicola Sturgeon

We already know that social security is more affordable in Scotland than it is in the rest of the U.K. - spending…

— Nicola Sturgeon

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

Taxing people for having a spare bedroom and forcing them into rent arrears or the possibility of losing homes they have lived…

— Nicola Sturgeon

Labour long ago realised it could no longer automatically assume that it would win elections in Glasgow and other places where it…

— Nicola Sturgeon

These are human beings with real lives and the uncertainty and the fear that any of them face right now could be…

— Nicola Sturgeon

Scotland has been re-energized, and people all over the country have become involved in - and informed about - politics and government…

— Nicola Sturgeon

I've not had a deliberate image makeover.

— Nicola Sturgeon

I consider myself a selfie specialist.

— Nicola Sturgeon

Twitter's probably my bad habit.

— Nicola Sturgeon

Personally, I can think of no greater privilege than to lead the party I joined when I was just 16.

— Nicola Sturgeon