Scotland Quotes by 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

People in Scotland don't take too kindly to being lectured by a Tory Chancellor.

— Nicola Sturgeon

The U.K.'s debt belongs legally to Westminster, so Scotland, by definition, can't default on it.

— Nicola Sturgeon

Labour's support in Scotland depends on their ability to be electable. If they are divided and unelectable, what's the point?

— Nicola Sturgeon

True gender equality in Scotland - and elsewhere - is still some way off.

— Nicola Sturgeon

The decision on whether there is another referendum is down to the Scottish people.

— Nicola Sturgeon

Scotland has a great deal to offer the world in terms of our approach to key economic and social issues.

— Nicola Sturgeon

Would I love to think that one day I would be First Minister of an independent Scotland? Of course.

— Nicola Sturgeon

There are lots of jobs and investment in Scotland dependent on our membership of the E.U. single market.

— 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

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

My political awakening, if I can be as grand as to call it that, was all about what was happening around me.…

— 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

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

English businesses would face massive transaction costs if Scotland, their second biggest export market, used a different currency.

— Nicola Sturgeon

Scotland almost invented the modern world. I mean, all of these televisions, telephones, penicillin, we all - all of these things were…

— 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

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

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

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

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

— Nicola Sturgeon

If Scotland was independent, we'd be the 14th richest country in the developed world.

— Nicola Sturgeon

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

Voting Labour in the past hasn't protected Scotland against Tory governments.

— 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

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

— 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

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

Is it not typical that we have a Tory Government that wants, just like its pals in the Labour Party, constantly to…

— 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

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

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

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

— Nicola Sturgeon

I should say that being independent in the modern model means independent in a very interdependent world. An independent Scotland is not…

— Nicola Sturgeon

For me, personally, it has been humbling since I became First Minister to speak to women and girls and have them tell…

— 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