Nicola Sturgeon

I wish we lived in a world where how you looked or what you wore wasn't an issue for men or women,…

— Nicola Sturgeon

If you have a Tory government at Westminster that takes us out of Europe against our will, there may be people in…

— Nicola Sturgeon

My politics are wildly different from hers, but someone who has been good for women in politics, stamped her authority on European…

— Nicola Sturgeon

Trespass, the outdoor clothing company based in the South Side, is run by two of the nicest guys and proudest Glaswegians you…

— Nicola Sturgeon

It's very much the currency of discourse on social media where political disagreements very quickly become very personalised.

— Nicola Sturgeon

An independent Scotland could afford pensions full stop - after all, it is our taxes and national insurance contributions that fund them…

— Nicola Sturgeon

I do struggle to identify an occasion when I was held back because I'm a woman... You don't think about it at…

— Nicola Sturgeon

American companies based in Scotland employ large numbers of people - in fact, we are the best performing part of the U.K.,…

— Nicola Sturgeon

I hope Donald Trump doesn't become president of the United States and I expect the people of the United States will have…

— Nicola Sturgeon

The total impact of the Tory/Liberal tax, welfare and public spending changes has hit the poorest 10% in society disproportionately hard -…

— Nicola Sturgeon

Of course, aid is only one small part of international development. Some of the greatest benefits to the world's poorest can be…

— Nicola Sturgeon

This is just too awful. Such an amazing talent [like George Michael] gone too soon. Wham was part of the soundtrack to…

— Nicola Sturgeon

Ed Balls has made it crystal clear that, left to its own devices, a Labour government would simply carry on with the…

— Nicola Sturgeon

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

I desperately want Scotland to be an independent country. I cannot, though, sit here and tell you definitively that it will happen,…

— Nicola Sturgeon

If there is a 'Leave' vote in England and across the U.K. as a whole, then we see the reins of power…

— Nicola Sturgeon

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

Vote SNP for a party that always stands up for Scotland, that is stronger for Scotland, and a government that will keep…

— Nicola Sturgeon

I thought if people were going to talk about what I wear, wouldn't it be good if they were talking about who…

— Nicola Sturgeon

I'm quite hypercritical of myself. It's a very Scottish thing, always thinking that you've got to be that bit better than everyone…

— Nicola Sturgeon

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

Sometimes things happen in life, sometimes they don't. Don't get me wrong: I have no regrets - if I could turn the…

— Nicola Sturgeon

Social media is natural to me, and it's a very immediate way of saying something. It's the way politics are done these…

— Nicola Sturgeon

Our opposition to Trident is very clear, very firm, very long-standing, very principled, and we would seek to build an alliance to…

— Nicola Sturgeon

Let us put the normal divisions of politics aside. Let us come together as one country; let us seize this historic moment…

— Nicola Sturgeon

I stand here today as the first woman first minister of our country. Every day I hold this office, I will work…

— Nicola Sturgeon

London has a centrifugal pull on talent, investment and business from the rest of Europe and the world. That brings benefits to…

— Nicola Sturgeon

Most people would agree that the E.U. is too bureaucratic, not transparent or democratic enough and that it often interferes too much…

— Nicola Sturgeon

Many people from many different walks of life have marriages that break up, and those are deeply personal, deeply painful but ultimately…

— Nicola Sturgeon

Scotland's relationship with Malawi is perhaps unique - with almost every town or village in Scotland having some connection.

— Nicola Sturgeon

As a young woman in politics, with few women around, you start to subconsciously behave like men in politics. That comes across…

— Nicola Sturgeon

The fact that healthier lifestyles and advances in medicine mean that we are living longer is actually something to be celebrated.

— Nicola Sturgeon

I was very proud, on just my second day in office, to appoint a gender-balanced cabinet - one of only three in…

— Nicola Sturgeon

If there are healthy - and growing - numbers of people working and paying taxes, we are better able to pay the…

— Nicola Sturgeon

There is nothing in your background that inherently holds you back or means you can't achieve what others can achieve. You are…

— Nicola Sturgeon

For the Scottish government, the practice of having meetings in different parts of the country is well established, but for the U.K.…

— Nicola Sturgeon