“Equality and prosperity shouldn't be seen as enemies of each other, but as partners. One reinforces the other.”

“True gender equality in Scotland - and elsewhere - is still some way off.”

“My pledge to you is that the SNP will put women and gender equality right at the heart of the Westminster agenda.”

“I am a social democrat - I believe in pursuing greater equality and tackling social justice - but... you can't do that unless you have got a strong economy, unless you have got a vibrant business b...”

“Scotland is not a region of the U.K.; Scotland is a nation, and if we cannot protect our interests within a U.K. that is going to be changing fundamentally, then that right of Scotland to consider ...”

“I'm not making any secret of the fact I still believe in independence. We'll continue to argue the case.”

“Using social media to hurt and destroy is callous, acted out by cowards hiding behind computers. My advice is to ignore negativity. Focus on the love around.”

“As far as putting stuff on social media, I think Instagram is really cool because I like the visual aspect. You're taking pictures, and you can put a filter on them, and it's super creative.”

“Social media is the most disruptive form of communication humankind has seen since the last disruptive form of communications, email.”

“With a few exceptions, the media have phrased the past five months as a contest of wills between Bush and Saddam Hussein, not as a moment of deragement between two armed madmen willing to order the...”

“Music itself was color-blind but the media and the radio stations segregate it based on their perceptions of the artists.”

“The mediastenographers to power.”

“I am the perfect version of me.”

“But if you tame me, then weshall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, Ishall be unique in all the world.”

“I don't want the world to keep turning without me on it.”