Maybe I was just born to argue with men.

The test is can you do something, rather than have a theoretical argument - can you make a difference?

We do students a great disservice by implying that one set of students is more important than another.

I love hard political debate and I love beating somebody on a political point but what I'm more frustrated by is the politics where you play the man not the politics.

We shall seek debate without division or rancour.

I will not promise what I cannot deliver. And I will never hide the cost of what I propose.

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.