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" Vote SNP for a party that always stands up for Scotland, that is stronger for Scotland, and a government that will keep the country moving in the right direction. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Vote
Government
Direction
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" 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. "
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" I take responsibility for everything that happens in the SNP as leader. "
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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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" I love talking to the public, I love hearing what people have got to say. "
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" There can be no greater privilege in life than to be chosen to lead your country. "
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Lead
" 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. "
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Authority
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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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" I believe we should support people to live, and I am therefore in favour of good quality palliative care. "
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Good
Care
Live
" One thing we've learned is that there's not anything that Nigel Farage won't blame on foreigners. "
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Anything
Learned
Blame
" I'm not going to do anything that sees a Tory government be likely. "
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Going
Anything
Tory
" Thatcher was the motivation for my entire political career. I hated everything she stood for. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Career
Political
Motivation
" 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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Way
Find
Difference
" 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. "
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Meetings
Government
" 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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Truth
Watch
Matter
" Do I look like one of the most dangerous women in Britain? Come on! "
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Like
Women
Most
" The teachers who taught me at Dreghorn Primary and Greenwood Academy were fantastic. "
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Me
Who
Teachers
" I'm not a scientist. If there is a risk to our environment, there will be no fracking. "
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Environment
Our
Risk
" Governments in countries across the world have a duty to do everything possible to keep the public safe from terrorist attacks. "
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Everything
World
Safe
" 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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Decisions
Important
Good
" To every woman out there who thinks that they might like to get involved in politics or stand for parliament, I say go for it. If I can do it, so can you. "
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I Can
Woman
Politics
" 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. "
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Message
Open
Potential
" I was studious and bookish. Not just as a child but also as a teenager. I took myself too seriously. "
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" Labour long ago realised it could no longer automatically assume that it would win elections in Glasgow and other places where it has taken people's votes for granted for decades - as we have seen across Scotland at local council and Holyrood elections. "
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Places
" Scotland has a great deal to offer the world in terms of our approach to key economic and social issues. "
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World
Economic
Great
" 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. "
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Voting
" If something can be proven to work, we should try it... Making sure that our young folk get the best education is the only thing that matters to me, and if something can be shown to work in doing that or if something's worth trying to do that, then I'll certainly be in the market for it. "
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Doing
Education
Trying
" A good education is the most important gift we can give our young people. "
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Gift
Good
Important
" I'm a politician, and as you know, politicians are rarely very funny. "
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You
Very
Politicians
" It is clear that my predecessor as First Minister is frightening the life out of the Tories and the Labour Party. Long may it continue. "
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Life
Long
Out