Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" I've not had a deliberate image makeover. "

Nicola Sturgeon

Related Quotes:

" 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. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" 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. "

Nicola Sturgeon

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

Nicola Sturgeon

" I'm not making any secret of the fact I still believe in independence. We'll continue to argue the case. "

Nicola Sturgeon

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

Nicola Sturgeon

" Thatcher was the motivation for my entire political career. I hated everything she stood for. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" A minority government can't govern without support from other parties. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" Scotland never voted for Margaret Thatcher. "

Nicola Sturgeon

Margaret Thatcher

" It's not opinion polls that determine the outcome of elections, it's votes in ballot boxes. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" 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. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" 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. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" 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. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" What a war in Iraq will not do is bring about peace in the Middle East or end the injustices that feed resentment and breed terrorists. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" Poverty is on the increase - due to welfare cuts - and demand for food banks has rocketed. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" 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. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" 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. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" A good education is the most important gift we can give our young people. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" The fact that healthier lifestyles and advances in medicine mean that we are living longer is actually something to be celebrated. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" There are lots of jobs and investment in Scotland dependent on our membership of the E.U. single market. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" If there are healthy - and growing - numbers of people working and paying taxes, we are better able to pay the costs of people living longer. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" Our MPs will take decisions on how they're voting on a day-to-day basis. But I'm the leader of the party, and in terms of our overall strategy and how we vote on key issues, then ultimately, those decisions will be mine. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" I think it is important the communities are listened to and that their voice is heard, particularly with local government boundaries more than parliamentary boundaries, because you are talking very much about communities. It can be a very emotive thing. "

Nicola Sturgeon

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

Nicola Sturgeon

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

Nicola Sturgeon

" 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. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" Scotland has a great deal to offer the world in terms of our approach to key economic and social issues. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" 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. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" The fact is that co-operation between independent countries - to our mutual advantage - is the way of the modern world. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" The Scottish Government will continue to do all it can to get people into work. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" I stand here today as the first woman first minister of our country. Every day I hold this office, I will work to ensure that every woman, every wee girl across this country, gets a chance to do what I've done and follow their dream. "

Nicola Sturgeon