The U.K. needs a strong opposition, and Labour shows no signs of being capable of being that. The SNP is filling that… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
This government and the party that I lead will continue to argue an alternative to the Tory-Labour austerity. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
I'm not a scientist. If there is a risk to our environment, there will be no fracking. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
My pledge to you is that the SNP will put women and gender equality right at the heart of the Westminster agenda. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
The Scottish Government will continue to do all it can to get people into work. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
We will never vote for the renewal of Trident; that's a decision which will fall to be made in the next Westminster… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
What a war in Iraq will not do is bring about peace in the Middle East or end the injustices that feed… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
Our MPs will take decisions on how they're voting on a day-to-day basis. But I'm the leader of the party, and in… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
Because of lower life expectancy in Scotland - something that we are working hard to improve - the average woman will get… — 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
As First Minister, I will always act in the best interests of the country. As party leader, I will always act in… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
Since I became First Minister, I have made clear my priority to alleviate poverty and tackle inequality in Scotland. Ensuring that everyone… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
If you have a Tory government at Westminster that takes us out of Europe against our will, there may be people in… — 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
