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

Nicola Sturgeon

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" Taxing people for having a spare bedroom and forcing them into rent arrears or the possibility of losing homes they have lived in for years has always been a cruel and heartless measure, and so it is good that the Scottish Parliament has been able to step in. "

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" I am quite a shy person. You say that to people, and they say, 'You do interviews, speeches. How can you be shy?' But, fundamentally, I am. "

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" It still annoys me when I read really derogatory things about how a woman looks because you would usually not read these things about a man, and that still has the potential to put women off public life. "

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" The truth of the matter is that countries the world over have deficits. Let us remember this about Scotland's deficit: it was not created in an independent Scotland; it was created on Westminster's watch. "

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" The assumption that people sometimes make is that I have made a cold, calculated decision to put my career ahead of having family, and that's not true. "

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" The importance of education is ingrained in Scottish history. "

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" I've got absolutely no desire or intention of damaging England. "

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" If something can be proven to work, we should try it... Making sure that our young folk get the best education is the only thing that matters to me, and if something can be shown to work in doing that or if something's worth trying to do that, then I'll certainly be in the market for it. "

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" Maybe unlike a lot of people who join the SNP today, I never had any expectation of a political career. "

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" Parties that win elections should form the government, not parties that lose elections. "

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

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" Our opposition to Trident is very clear, very firm, very long-standing, very principled, and we would seek to build an alliance to prevent the renewal of Trident. "

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" Most politicians come into politics because they want to make a difference; we just have different ideas how to do it. "

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Make A Difference

" I hope nobody in England is afraid of the SNP - there is absolutely no need to be. "

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" People who think of a nationalist party sometimes think 'inward-looking and parochial.' The kind of nationalism I represent is the opposite of that. "

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

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" I and Alex Salmond are not in competition - we are on the same side; we are on the same team, working together. "

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Working Together

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

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" I am privileged to count many Muslims among my friends - some are amongst my closest friends. "

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" I think the Tories are doing - and are intent on doing - damage to things I hold dear. "

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" I think the fact that people are even talking about the prospect of the Tories coming second is less about anything the Tories have done and more about the failures of Labour to set out, in any kind of coherent sense, what it's for anymore. "

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" It is hard to overstate the economic importance of the U.S.A. to Scotland, and that makes it essential that we engage with companies and potential investors and get the message across that we are open for business. "

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" Twitter's probably my bad habit. "

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" Tax credits are designed to help people who work hard but who, through no fault of their own, don't earn enough to keep their families out of poverty. "

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" I want there to be another independence referendum at some stage. I want Scotland to be independent, but I wouldn't choose to have it happen because England votes to come out of the E.U. "

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" Of course, aid is only one small part of international development. Some of the greatest benefits to the world's poorest can be achieved through policy changes by developed countries. "

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" Being a housewife is not important to me, but I'm never happier than when I come home and shut the door. "

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" At these big set-piece events like the leaders' debates, that exterior of calm and serenity is nothing compared to what's going on inside most of the time. "

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