Nicola Sturgeon Quotes

Tory governments are bad for Scotland.

We can have enhanced devolution - greater powers in Scotland - but within the strength, security and stability of the United Kingdom, and I think that's what most Scots want.

The Tories seem unable to make any impact north of the border.

There is a danger of Scottish politics being between two sets of dinosaurs... the Nationalists who can't accept they were rejected by the people, and some colleagues at Westminster who think nothing has changed.

Politics in Scotland is far too important to be taken seriously.

Scottish nationalism has grown since we entered the European Union.

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

People in Scotland don't take too kindly to being lectured by a Tory Chancellor.

Too often in the past, Scotland has been sidelined and ignored in the Westminster corridors of power, but that doesn't have to be the case anymore.

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.

If you have a Tory government at Westminster that takes us out of Europe against our will, there may be people in Scotland who think, 'You know what, we might be better off independent.'

No one anticipated the SNP wiping out Labour in Scotland in 2015.

Like millions of Scots, I've agonised over whether to go for independence or remain with the Union.

It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.

Whatever the eventual judgment, the political implications of Hutton are already clear. A devastating indictment of Labour in power - and of our political system itself.

I've had very good meetings with Unionist leaders, Democratic Unionist Party, Ian Paisley and his team.

I love Canada. I am from Canada. I will bash the Canadian government but never Canada.

You can't win with some people. If you're not in government, you're criticised for being not serious. If you are in government, you're criticised for wanting power. That's the Labour party's line of attack, and it's a bit ridiculous.

As Scots, we certainly want change today, but the change the Nationalists offer is not the change we want or need.

Scotland just isn't terribly Tory.

We have an extreme rightwing government in this country, although it's called the Labour government.

Men at a distance, who have admired our systems of government unfounded in nature, are apt to accuse the rulers, and say that taxes have been assessed too high and collected too rigidly.

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

Americans specially love superlatives. The phrases 'biggest in the world,' 'finest in the world,' are on all lips. Unless President Hayes is a strong man, they will soon come to boast that their government is composed of the 'biggest scoundrels' in the world.

In no way am I supporting or suggesting that a Conservative government is a good thing, far from it.