Johann Lamont

There is a danger of Scottish politics being between two sets of dinosaurs... the Nationalists who can't accept they were rejected by…

— Johann Lamont

I'm pretty proud of having completed a marathon myself, so I can only imagine the pride that real athletes feel when they…

— Johann Lamont

I spent ridiculous amounts of time as an activist and volunteer and was a teacher for 20 years.

— Johann Lamont

I remember going to see Billy Graham in a cinema in Glasgow, and he was down in London. I used to go…

— Johann Lamont

Fair tax does not mean we don't want to encourage wealth creation. Wealth creation is how we raise the money to pay…

— Johann Lamont

The test is can you do something, rather than have a theoretical argument - can you make a difference?

— Johann Lamont

If you don't accept there is a problem, then it is hard to debate things.

— Johann Lamont

The Scottish Labour Party, while I have breath in my body, will listen to the views of trade unionists.

— Johann Lamont

I'd always step up to the mark to serve the people of the country.

— Johann Lamont

Scotland is my country, the nation that shaped me, that taught me my values. A nation whose achievements inspired and inspire me,…

— Johann Lamont

I guess it feels to me that the political argument that has been lost in my lifetime is taxation. How do you…

— Johann Lamont

We must listen and learn, show humility and seek again to talk for and to people's ambitions and concerns.

— Johann Lamont

I will not promise what I cannot deliver. And I will never hide the cost of what I propose.

— Johann Lamont

If I have learned one thing in life, it is never to take any man's own estimate of himself. He could very…

— Johann Lamont

I've taught fifth-year Christmas leavers last thing on a Friday afternoon. Basically, if you can face that you can face anything.

— Johann Lamont

That's a really healthy thing - family will always protect you from yourself.

— Johann Lamont

What I will say will not always please you, but what I say will always be honest and true and how I…

— Johann Lamont

There is a circus around politics. But if you think it is a game, then you forget what the purpose of politics…

— Johann Lamont

The next phase is to 2016, and yes, I want to be First Minister because I believe I have the life experience,…

— Johann Lamont

I want to change Scotland, but the only way we can change Scotland is by changing the Scottish Labour Party.

— Johann Lamont

My working life has always been wrapped up in doing my job to the best of my abilities and doing the best…

— Johann Lamont

We do students a great disservice by implying that one set of students is more important than another.

— Johann Lamont

It is not possible to spend on one thing and then not have consequences on something else.

— Johann Lamont

Scotland has chosen to remain in partnership with our neighbours in the U.K. But Scotland is distinct, and colleagues must recognise that.

— Johann Lamont

My uncle was skipper on the old Claymore sailing out from Oban to the Inner Hebrides. My father worked for MacBraynes all…

— Johann Lamont