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" The SNP became a minority government in 2007, then a majority one in 2011. But Labour viewed what was happening as some kind of aberration. They felt the problem wasn't theirs: they didn't have to change; the Scottish people had just gone down this wrong road, and if they waited long enough, they would find their way back. "

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

" Because of lower life expectancy in Scotland - something that we are working hard to improve - the average woman will get £11,000 less in pension payments than counterparts in the rest of the U.K., even though she will pay exactly the same in contributions. "

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

" I think the Tories are doing - and are intent on doing - damage to things I hold dear. "

" Labour's support in Scotland depends on their ability to be electable. If they are divided and unelectable, what's the point? "

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

" The U.K.'s debt belongs legally to Westminster, so Scotland, by definition, can't default on it. "

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

" There can be no greater privilege in life than to be chosen to lead your country. "

" Ed Balls has made it crystal clear that, left to its own devices, a Labour government would simply carry on with the same budget policies as the Tories. "

" If there is a 'Leave' vote in England and across the U.K. as a whole, then we see the reins of power being seized by politicians who are on the right of the Conservative party. "

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

" I take responsibility for everything that happens in the SNP as leader. "

" For me, personally, it has been humbling since I became First Minister to speak to women and girls and have them tell me how much it means to them to have a woman in the top job in politics in Scotland. "

Nicola Sturgeon

Women

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" I thought if people were going to talk about what I wear, wouldn't it be good if they were talking about who designed it, who made it and if that's a Scottish company, so teaming up with Totty Rocks has been fantastic. "

" There's nothing in my background that would have said I was destined to be a senior politician. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" As a young woman in politics, with few women around, you start to subconsciously behave like men in politics. That comes across as quite hard, tough and humorless, but you're trying to be taken seriously. "

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

" The assumption that people sometimes make is that I have made a cold, calculated decision to put my career ahead of having family, and that's not true. "

" 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. "

" I consider myself a selfie specialist. "

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

" I was fascinated, long before I joined the SNP, in the world around me; current affairs really interested me. "

Nicola Sturgeon

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" I feel comfortable in a position of leadership, but that's not to say I feel complacent about it. I take it incredibly seriously. "