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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. "

Nicola Sturgeon

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" Scotland is not a region of the U.K.; Scotland is a nation, and if we cannot protect our interests within a U.K. that is going to be changing fundamentally, then that right of Scotland to consider the options of independence has to be there. "

" 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. "

" I don't cook very often. Actually, I'd go further: I can't cook. "

" I worry about the direction of the U.K. and U.K. politics and governance in the event of a Brexit. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Since I became First Minister, I have made clear my priority to alleviate poverty and tackle inequality in Scotland. Ensuring that everyone can do better in life will not only make Scotland fairer, but it will also make it a more prosperous place. "

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

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

" My message is a simple one - the E.U. is not perfect, but Scotland's interests are best served by being a member. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm not going to do anything that sees a Tory government be likely. "

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

" I'll be arguing for Scotland to vote to stay in the E.U. "

" Twitter's probably my bad habit. "

" I'm manifestly not the same as Alex Salmond. I'm a different gender, for example... I'm being flippant, but maybe this is a partly gender-driven difference: I'm very keen that we find a way of reaching out across party divides to find things we agree on, as well as the things we disagree on. "

" 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. "

" For the Scottish government, the practice of having meetings in different parts of the country is well established, but for the U.K. government, it is a much rarer event. "

" We will never vote for the renewal of Trident; that's a decision which will fall to be made in the next Westminster parliament. We will never vote for that. "

" 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. "