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" As First Minister, I will always act in the best interests of the country. As party leader, I will always act in the best interests of the party, and if that sometimes means taking difficult, unpalatable decisions, I will never shy away from that. "

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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. "

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

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" Scottish politics, U.K. politics, is not really like American politics in this respect. Not everybody is absolutely obsessed with image. I'm not saying the United States is obsessed with image. "

" One thing we've learned is that there's not anything that Nigel Farage won't blame on foreigners. "

" The Scottish Government's international development work began in 2005 with a £3 million budget focused solely on Malawi, reflecting the historic links between our two countries. "

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

" I wish we lived in a world where how you looked or what you wore wasn't an issue for men or women, and it's by and large not an issue for men, so I wish it wasn't an issue for women, but it is. "

" It is clear that my predecessor as First Minister is frightening the life out of the Tories and the Labour Party. Long may it continue. "

" Some of the brightest and best women in our society are stifled in their ambitions. "

" U.K. welfare cuts are pushing more children into poverty; that is beyond dispute. "

Nicola Sturgeon

Welfare

Beyond

" I drove my mum and dad mad. "

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

" Under the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, it is possible for other parties to change the direction of a government without bringing a government down. "

" The debate around the ageing population should, in my view, focus much more on how we grow the active, working population. "

Nicola Sturgeon

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" There was nothing in my childhood that said, 'She's going to be first minister of the country one day.' "

" This government and the party that I lead will continue to argue an alternative to the Tory-Labour austerity. "

" Haggis is delicious. It is wonderful. It's spicy, it's tasty, and you get vegetarian haggis as well. "

" I desperately want Scotland to be an independent country. I cannot, though, sit here and tell you definitively that it will happen, and that it will happen on this timescale, because I have to respect the opinion of the people of Scotland. "

" The total impact of the Tory/Liberal tax, welfare and public spending changes has hit the poorest 10% in society disproportionately hard - and women have been affected even more badly than men. "

" Instead of an end to austerity, Labour has made clear that it wants to impose more austerity cuts. "

" Scotland's relationship with Malawi is perhaps unique - with almost every town or village in Scotland having some connection. "

" It would be a very serious mistake for the U.K. to vote to leave the European Union, and I think it would be democratically indefensible for Scotland, if we had voted to stay in, to face the prospect of being taken out. "

" The oil and gas sector in the North Sea does have a strong future if we do the right things now, but we've got to make sure that the infrastructure is right to support the sector, but also to support, over the next few years, diversification as well. "

" I think you should always aim for more. "

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" Equality and prosperity shouldn't be seen as enemies of each other, but as partners. One reinforces the other. "