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Nicola Sturgeon
21 quotes
“A discriminatory and shameful piece of legislation that was imposed on Scotland by Westminster will today be repealed by the Scottish parliament ahead of other parts of the UK. That says something about the state of Scotland that we can all be proud of.”
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Recorded in: Quoted by Kirsty Scott in "Scotland throws out section 28" The Guardian (22 June 2000)
“If I am elected, there may be an opportunity to change the tone for the better.”
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Recorded in: Said while campaigning for the SNP leadership in 2014. Khaleeli, Homa "Is post-referendum Scotland a feminist paradise?" The Guardian (30 September 2014).
“I have opposed Trident and nuclear weapons for all of my political life - I even joined CND before becoming a member of the SNP.”
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Recorded in: Said after she signed a Rethink Trident pledge in 2015. "Nicola Sturgeon signs 'Rethink Trident' pledge" The Scotsman (22 August 2015).
“I believe both Scotland and the UK should stay in the EU. Scotland benefits from being part of the EU, and the EU benefits from having Scotland a part of it. No SNP parliamentarian has expressed a desire to campaign for the out campaign - though they are not prevented from doing so. I am determined to make the positive case for continued membership in a reformed EU.”
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Recorded in: Scottish Lib Dem conference: Leader Tim Farron in staunch defence of EU" BBC News (27 February 2016).
“While I do not agree with the decision on the EU reached by people in England and Wales, I do respect it. I hope the new PM will show the same respect for the decision reached by the Scottish people.”
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Recorded in: Said after Scotland voted strongly to 'remain' in the 2016 EU referendum while England and Wales voted to 'leave'. Quoted in "Ruth Davidson pokes fun at Andrea Leadsom and Boris Johnson" The Guardian (13 July 2016).
“Independence is not about the isolationism that characterises Brexit.”
Nicola Sturgeon (born 1970) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Scottish Liberal Democrats: Rennie issues appeal to rival politicians" BBC News (23 February 2019).
“Scotland’s 62% vote to remain in the EU counted for nothing. Far from being an equal partner at Westminster, Scotland’s voice is listened to only if it chimes with that of the UK majority; if it does not, we are outvoted and ignored.”
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Recorded in: Said in a statement to the Scottish Parliament on 24 April. "Here are the five best quotes from Nicola Sturgeon's indyref2 update" The National (24 April 2019).
“The President of the United States telling elected politicians – or any other Americans for that matter – to ‘go back’ to other countries is not OK, and diplomatic politeness should not stop us saying so, loudly and clearly.”
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Recorded in: Said in response to Donald Trump telling four representatives to "go back" to where they came from. Ward, Stewart "Nicola Sturgeon says 'diplomacy' must not silence Trump criticism" the National (16 July 2019).
“He looks to me as if he is somebody who has no real sense of principal or conviction or real view of what's right for the future for the country. His only objective throughout his entire adult life, it seems, has been to get into Number 10 and be prime minister. Now the focus is on him.”
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Recorded in: About Boris Johnson after his election as leader of the Conservative Party in 2019. "Boris Johnson: Nicola Sturgeon has 'profound concerns'" BBC News (23 July 2019).
“I have profound concerns about the prospect of his premiership and it would be hypocritical not to be frank about these.”
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Recorded in: About Boris Johnson after his election as leader of the Conservative Party in 2019. "Boris Johnson: Nicola Sturgeon has 'profound concerns'" BBC News (23 July 2019).
“I'm happy to work with anybody, male or female, to try to stop Brexit”
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Recorded in: Brexit: Caroline Lucas criticised over all-female cabinet plan" BBC News (12 August 2019).
“There was this assumption that I took a hard-nosed decision to prioritise a career over children. Women should not be judged for the reasons they have or don't have children.”
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Recorded in: Sturgeon 'would work with all-female emergency cabinet'" BBC News (12 August 2019).
“[The SNP will] work with anybody at Westminster to try to stop Brexit, and avert the catastrophe of a no-deal Brexit.”
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Recorded in: Brexit: Corbyn plans to call no-confidence vote to defeat no-deal" BBC News (15 August 2019).
“Shutting down parliament in order to force through a no-deal Brexit - which will do untold and lasting damage to the country against the wishes of MPs - is not democracy, it is dictatorship.”
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Recorded in: Brexit: MPs ask Scottish court to block Westminster shutdown" BBC News (28 August 2019).
“Today will go down in history as a dark one indeed for UK democracy.”
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Recorded in: Said after Boris Johnson announced he would ask Queen Elizabeth II to suspend Parliament in order to prevent MPs voting on or debating Brexit. "Government asks Queen to suspend Parliament" BBC News (28 August 2019).
“We've backed a second EU referendum, which gives people the opportunity to stop Brexit in its tracks and reverse the decision that was taken. I would also support a General Election, which would give people the opportunity to do that. And of course I want to give Scotland the opportunity of choosing our own future through independence through which we can try to fashion a future that has Scotland as part of the European Union and broader international community.”
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Recorded in: Nicola Sturgeon: Stopping no-deal Brexit is priority" BBC News (2 September 2019)
“I'm against any form of Brexit, I want to stop Brexit, but in particular a no-deal Brexit I think will be catastrophic for our economy, society, for a long time to come”
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Recorded in: Nicola Sturgeon: Stopping no-deal Brexit is priority" BBC News (2 September 2019)
“While disappointed by it, I respect ruling of @UKSupremeCourt – it doesn't make law, only interprets it. A law that doesn't allow Scotland to choose our own future without Westminster consent exposes as myth any notion of the UK as a voluntary partnership & makes case for Indy. Scottish democracy will not be denied. Today’s ruling blocks one route to Scotland’s voice being heard on independence – but in a democracy our voice cannot and will not be silenced.”
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Recorded in: Supreme Court Scottish independence judgement: Nicola Sturgeon says Scotland 'will not be silenced' and that ruling makes case for indyref2", The Scotsman (23 November 2022).
“So if this was just a question of my ability or my resilience to get through the latest period of pressure I wouldn’t be standing here today, but it's not. This decision comes from a deeper and longer-term assessment. I know it may seem sudden, but I have been wrestling with it, albeit with oscillating levels of intensity for some weeks. Essentially, I've been trying to answer two questions: is carrying on right for me? And more importantly, is me carrying on right for the country, for my party and for the independence cause I have devoted my life to?”
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Recorded in: Extracted from her resignation speech, as cited in "Nicola Sturgeon to resign as first minister of Scotland" The Guardian (15 February 2023)
“This individual claims to be a woman – what I said was that I don’t have information about whether those claims have validity or not. But I don't think Douglas Ross and I are disagreeing here, because what I think is relevant in this case is not whether the individual is a man or claims to be a woman or is trans, what is relevant is that the individual is a rapist. That is how the individual should be described, and it is that that should be the main consideration in deciding how the individual is dealt with – that is why the individual is in a male prison, not in the female prison, these are the issues that matter.”
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Recorded in: From a speech in the Scottish Parliament, as cited in "Rapist Isla Bryson 'almost certainly' not truly trans, says Sturgeon", STV News (2 February 2023).
“[On J. K. Rowling] I don't know where she gets the time! She is a highly successful woman. I've bought Harry Potter books for all the young people in my life, I think they're great, but my goodness, where does she get the time to obsess about me? I hate to tell her that it's just not reciprocated. [...] I don't obsess about other individuals who happen to have a different view about me, they're entitled to have a different view. There are some people in this life who, it strikes me often, spend an awful lot more time, like immeasurably so, thinking about me than I ever spend thinking about them.”
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Recorded in: From a podcast interview as cited in "Nicola Sturgeon: 'Where does JK Rowling get the time to obsess about me?'", New Statesman (13 September 2025).