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" 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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" 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. "

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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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" Is it not typical that we have a Tory Government that wants, just like its pals in the Labour Party, constantly to talk down Scotland's prospects? "

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" I hope nobody in England is afraid of the SNP - there is absolutely no need to be. "

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" Twitter's probably my bad habit. "

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" I believe we should support people to live, and I am therefore in favour of good quality palliative care. "

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" I've not hidden and I'll never hide the fact that I want Scotland to be an independent country. But as long as we're part of the Westminster system, it's really important to people in Scotland that we get good decisions coming out of Westminster. So we've got a vested interest in being a constructive participant. "

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" When I was growing up, I was lucky to benefit from a first class education. "

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

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" 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. "

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" Politics is a very male-dominated, male-driven profession. I was not just a woman but a young woman, and I suppose you end up trying to behave in a way that you think is expected of you. "

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

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

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" The U.K. government sets a cap on how much can be spent on discretionary housing payments. "

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

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

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" Polls can change; people's opinions can change. Voting intentions can change, and I think it would be a silly leader, a silly political party, that would assume that we have it sewn up. "

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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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" I think the fact that people are even talking about the prospect of the Tories coming second is less about anything the Tories have done and more about the failures of Labour to set out, in any kind of coherent sense, what it's for anymore. "

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

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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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" The U.K. needs a strong opposition, and Labour shows no signs of being capable of being that. The SNP is filling that void and will go on seeking to do that. "

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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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" People don't want to go back to the days, pre-referendum, when the Westminster establishment sidelined and ignored Scotland. They want Scotland's voice to be heard. "

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

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" I admire Obama. "

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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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