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" What a war in Iraq will not do is bring about peace in the Middle East or end the injustices that feed resentment and breed terrorists. "
Nicola Sturgeon
War
End
Bring
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" The fact is that co-operation between independent countries - to our mutual advantage - is the way of the modern world. "
Nicola Sturgeon
World
Way
Modern
" Governments in countries across the world have a duty to do everything possible to keep the public safe from terrorist attacks. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Everything
World
Safe
" I think you should always aim for more. "
Nicola Sturgeon
More
Think
Always
" Equality and prosperity shouldn't be seen as enemies of each other, but as partners. One reinforces the other. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Enemies
Seen
Prosperity
" 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. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Politicians
Party
Vote
" Haggis is delicious. It is wonderful. It's spicy, it's tasty, and you get vegetarian haggis as well. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Spicy
You
Wonderful
" Sporting success doesn't happen by accident. It takes hard work and determination on the part of the individual athletes. And it also takes investment in facilities and training support. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Hard Work
Success
Work
" It's very much the currency of discourse on social media where political disagreements very quickly become very personalised. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Social Media
Political
Become
" 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. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Shine
I Am
Hope
" 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. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Talking
Thought
Good
" I am a believer in people succeeding on merit. "
Nicola Sturgeon
People
Succeeding
Merit
" I'm quite hypercritical of myself. It's a very Scottish thing, always thinking that you've got to be that bit better than everyone else to be good enough. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Good
Better
You
" I am privileged to count many Muslims among my friends - some are amongst my closest friends. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Friends
Some
Privileged
" Literally every time I'm on camera, as well as there being commentary on what I've said, there'll be commentary on what my hair looked like, what I wear. Often it's written in the most hideous and quite cruel way. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Camera
Way
Time
" Scotland almost invented the modern world. I mean, all of these televisions, telephones, penicillin, we all - all of these things were invented in Scotland. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Things
Mean
Modern
" My political awakening, if I can be as grand as to call it that, was all about what was happening around me. It wasn't some romantic, patriotic vision of Scotland going back to what it had been 300 years previously. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Vision
Back
Me
" Maybe unlike a lot of people who join the SNP today, I never had any expectation of a political career. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Never
Political
Today
" I don't cook very often. Actually, I'd go further: I can't cook. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Very
Cook
Actually
" One thing we've learned is that there's not anything that Nigel Farage won't blame on foreigners. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Anything
Learned
Blame
" 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. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Woman
End
Politics
" I've not had a deliberate image makeover. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Makeover
Deliberate
Had
" 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. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Talent
World
Business
" 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
Me
Women
Woman
" The Scottish Government will continue to do all it can to get people into work. "
Nicola Sturgeon
People
Scottish
Will
" I consider myself a selfie specialist. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Myself
Consider
Specialist
" 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. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Will
Signs
Strong
" Instead of an end to austerity, Labour has made clear that it wants to impose more austerity cuts. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Labour
End
Clear
" The U.K. government sets a cap on how much can be spent on discretionary housing payments. "
Nicola Sturgeon
How
Housing
Government
" Taxing people for having a spare bedroom and forcing them into rent arrears or the possibility of losing homes they have lived in for years has always been a cruel and heartless measure, and so it is good that the Scottish Parliament has been able to step in. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Losing
Measure
Step
" A minority government can't govern without support from other parties. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Without
Support
Minority