Courses Quote by Alistair Darling

It would be wrong to suggest that Scotland could not be another such successful, independent country.

— David Cameron

I have no time for those who say there is no way Scotland could go it alone. I know first-hand the contribution Scotland and…

— David Cameron

It will be increasingly difficult to keep Scotland as a part of the U.K. I hope that doesn't happen, but everyone knows David Cameron…

— Keir Starmer

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

— Nicola Sturgeon

It is not whether an independent Scotland could go it alone and develop its own defence forces - of course it could - but…

— Philip Hammond

Scotland is not a region of the U.K.; Scotland is a nation, and if we cannot protect our interests within a U.K. that is…

— Nicola Sturgeon

If the Scottish people decide to opt for independence, it would not be a good idea for Scotland to maintain a very rigid link…

— Mohamed El-Erian

There's not really the appetite in Wales at the moment to become an independent country. Scotland is in a different place.

— Carwyn Jones

If the U.K. were threatening to withdraw from Europe, I would certainly want Scotland to be out of that.

— Peter Higgs

An independent Scotland could be far more internationalist and would benefit a great deal from links to both Scandinavia and states in other continents.

— Tariq Ali

Scotland by no means escaped the fate ordained for every country which is connected, but not incorporated, with another country of greater resources.

— Thomas B. Macaulay

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

— Nicola Sturgeon