197 Quotes by Nicola Sturgeon

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.

I stand here today as the first woman first minister of our country. Every day I hold this office, I will work to ensure that every woman, every wee girl across this country, gets a chance to do what I've done and follow their dream.

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

There was nothing in my childhood that said, 'She's going to be first minister of the country one day.'

I drove my mum and dad mad.

I know you've got to earn people's trust, and you've got to earn it day after day after day.

I was studious and bookish. Not just as a child but also as a teenager. I took myself too seriously.

I am quite hot-headed; I am quite impulsive. Fortunately, it doesn't last very long.

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