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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.

From Nicola Sturgeon

I desperately want Scotland to be an independent country. I cannot, though, sit here and tell you definitively that it will happen, and that it will happen on this timescale, because I have to respect the opinion of the people of Scotland.

From Nicola Sturgeon

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.

From Nicola Sturgeon

I don't feel we need to be independent for me to feel confident in my Scottish identity. I think Scotland is pretty comfortable in its identity. We won't need independence to preserve it... if we don't become independent, it won't disappear; it isn't under existential threat.

From Nicola Sturgeon

A good education is the most important gift we can give our young people.

From Nicola Sturgeon

I think the first decision I took when I became a government minister was to reverse the planned closure of Monklands Accident and Emergency. It's an issue close to my heart.

From Nicola Sturgeon

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

From Nicola Sturgeon

It still annoys me when I read really derogatory things about how a woman looks because you would usually not read these things about a man, and that still has the potential to put women off public life.

From Nicola Sturgeon

I am a believer in people succeeding on merit.

From Nicola Sturgeon

English businesses would face massive transaction costs if Scotland, their second biggest export market, used a different currency.

From Nicola Sturgeon

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