My working life has always been wrapped up in doing my job to the best of my abilities and doing the best for my family. It is not a contest between the two.

We shall seek debate without division or rancour.

It's true across the U.K. that those who had least to do with causing the economic crisis are carrying the heaviest burden. That's unacceptable.

If I have learned one thing in life, it is never to take any man's own estimate of himself. He could very well be mistaken.

Scotland cannot be the only 'something for nothing' country in the world.

Separation and devolution are two completely different concepts which cannot be mixed together. One is not a stop on the way to the other.

Scotland is my country, the nation that shaped me, that taught me my values. A nation whose achievements inspired and inspire me, a community whose failings drive me - drive my overwhelming desire to fight for social justice and equality.