Firsts Quote by Gerry Adams

If you want a first minister that only answers to Scotland, not to his boss in London, then you're going to have to vote…

— Humza Yousaf

As a young man on the streets of Derry, I saw Ian Paisley as an immortal opponent of everything to do with equality, justice,…

— Martin McGuinness

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

— Nicola Sturgeon

I'm disrespectful towards authority. I think the prime minister of Ireland is a gobshite

— Michael O'Leary

I think if you've managed Celtic or Rangers you can go on to be Prime Minister of Great Britain, it's that hard.

— Gordon Strachan

I have no great urge to be minister of this or minister of that, but instead would feel incredible blessed to have the opportunity…

— Adam Rickitt

I'm not going to be known as the Sinn Fein Minister who did the bidding of a Tory administration which is focused on decimating…

— Martin McGuinness

Anyone who seriously wants to keep Scotland in the U.K. must seek to stop the rise of the SNP, not to fuel and encourage…

— Peter Hitchens

Mr Brown is a politician of exceptional experience and ability, and I am sure he will discharge the office of Prime Minister with distinction

— Bertie Ahern

It wasn't too difficult to see that [Ian] Paisley would never do anything positive.

— David Trimble

Tony Blair has made a good contribution to the cause of peace in Ireland. He has made a great effort to understand it. He…

— Martin McGuinness

My point is there's a hidden Scotland in anyone who speaks the Northern Ireland speech. It's a terrific complicating factor, not just in Northern…

— Seamus Heaney