Nicola Sturgeon Quotes

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Nicola Sturgeon

Profession : Politician

Birth : July 19, 1970

U.K. welfare cuts are pushing more children into poverty; that is beyond dispute.

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Personally, I can think of no greater privilege than to lead the party I joined when I was just 16.

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Scotland has been re-energized, and people all over the country have become involved in - and informed about - politics and government in a way that I have never known before. In short, we have put ourselves firmly in control of our country.

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An independent Scotland - like all countries - will face challenges, and we will have our ups and downs. But the decisions about how we use our wealth will be ours.

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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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Parties that win elections should form the government, not parties that lose elections.

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

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We already know that social security is more affordable in Scotland than it is in the rest of the U.K. - spending on social protection takes up a smaller share of our economic output and our tax revenues than is the case in the U.K. as a whole.

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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.

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An independent Scotland could afford pensions full stop - after all, it is our taxes and national insurance contributions that fund them now.

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

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If Scotland was independent, we'd be the 14th richest country in the developed world.

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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.

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The fact that healthier lifestyles and advances in medicine mean that we are living longer is actually something to be celebrated.

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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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The debate around the ageing population should, in my view, focus much more on how we grow the active, working population.

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Trespass, the outdoor clothing company based in the South Side, is run by two of the nicest guys and proudest Glaswegians you could meet, Afzal and Akmal Khushi.

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One of the attributes Glasgow is best known for all over the world is the friendliness of her people.

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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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