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" I am a believer in people succeeding on merit. "
Nicola Sturgeon
People
Succeeding
Merit
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" I'm not going to do anything that sees a Tory government be likely. "
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" I am quite driven. I know what I think, and I know what I want to achieve, but I also hope that people who are asked to describe me would describe me as pretty down-to-earth, loyal, friendly. The more experience I have got in politics, I think the more I have allowed me to shine through. "
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" My political awakening, if I can be as grand as to call it that, was all about what was happening around me. It wasn't some romantic, patriotic vision of Scotland going back to what it had been 300 years previously. "
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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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" It's very much the currency of discourse on social media where political disagreements very quickly become very personalised. "
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" It is one of the little known facts about modern Scottish politics that it is not quite as cut-throat as people think it is. "
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" I bow to no one in my ambition to see Glasgow be as successful as it possibly can be. "
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" An independent Scotland - like all countries - will face challenges, and we will have our ups and downs. But the decisions about how we use our wealth will be ours. "
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" Voting Labour in the past hasn't protected Scotland against Tory governments. "
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" I'll be arguing for Scotland to vote to stay in the E.U. "
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" I don't feel we need to be independent for me to feel confident in my Scottish identity. I think Scotland is pretty comfortable in its identity. We won't need independence to preserve it... if we don't become independent, it won't disappear; it isn't under existential threat. "
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" 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. "
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" People in Scotland don't take too kindly to being lectured by a Tory Chancellor. "
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" I am quite hot-headed; I am quite impulsive. Fortunately, it doesn't last very long. "
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" My politics are wildly different from hers, but someone who has been good for women in politics, stamped her authority on European and world affairs, is Angela Merkel. "
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" Social media is natural to me, and it's a very immediate way of saying something. It's the way politics are done these days. In modern politics, you can't ignore that even if you wanted to. I can't imagine doing politics without it. "
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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'm not making any secret of the fact I still believe in independence. We'll continue to argue the case. "
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" We've chosen to stay part of the Westminster system, but we don't want to be a forgotten, sidelined part of it. "
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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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" Not once in my life has the Tory Party come anywhere close to winning an election in Scotland, and yet, for more than half my life, we have had a Tory government. That is wrong and undemocratic. "
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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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" London has a centrifugal pull on talent, investment and business from the rest of Europe and the world. That brings benefits to the broader U.K. economy. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I was fascinated, long before I joined the SNP, in the world around me; current affairs really interested me. "
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" Thatcher was the motivation for my entire political career. I hated everything she stood for. "
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