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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. "

Nicola Sturgeon

World

Authority

Good

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

" Personally, I can think of no greater privilege than to lead the party I joined when I was just 16. "

" 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. "

" My pledge to you is that the SNP will put women and gender equality right at the heart of the Westminster agenda. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Tory governments are bad for Scotland. "

" My early years as a political activist were dominated by the poll tax. "

" I think you should always aim for more. "

Nicola Sturgeon

Think

Always

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

" In particular, I want to set a challenge to public bodies and private companies to improve gender balance on their own boards. "

" True gender equality in Scotland - and elsewhere - is still some way off. "

" I love talking to the public, I love hearing what people have got to say. "

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

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

" I'm the leader of the SNP. I think you would expect me to say I would vote SNP in whatever constituency I lived in. "

Nicola Sturgeon

Vote

You

" 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. "

" 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. "

" For parents - women in particular - good quality, affordable childcare is vital. "

" 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. "

" Let us put the normal divisions of politics aside. Let us come together as one country; let us seize this historic moment to shift the balance of power from the corridors of Westminster to the streets and communities of Scotland. "

" 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. "

Nicola Sturgeon

Man

Woman

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

" Clearly, any issues about breaching of expenses rules should be properly investigated. "

" 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. "

Nicola Sturgeon

Think

Feel

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

" 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. "

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

" I know you've got to earn people's trust, and you've got to earn it day after day after day. "

" 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. "