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

I hope Donald Trump doesn't become president of the United States and I expect the people of the United States will have the good sense not to elect him.

I should say that being independent in the modern model means independent in a very interdependent world. An independent Scotland is not apart from the rest of the United Kingdom.

Scotland's voice has to be heard

I think it is disgraceful. I think it is completely disgusting that you've got a candidate for prime minster who seems to think that human beings are bargaining chips.

So after a lovely family Xmas day, this 80s teen is off to bed feeling a bit sad, but listening to this masterpiece [George Michael: I can't make you love me].

This is just too awful. Such an amazing talent [like George Michael] gone too soon. Wham was part of the soundtrack to my teenage years.

Sad to hear that George Michael has died.He was an exceptional artist and a strong supporter of LGBT and workers' rights.

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

All hope abandon, ye who enter here!

The source of justice is not vengeance but charity.

Spiritual balance is how you deal with opposition, outside of yourself and within.

If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.

When God works miracles, he does not do it in order to supply the wants of nature, but those of grace. Whoever thinks otherwise, must needs have a very mean notion of the wisdom and power of God.

It's always nice to end your sentences with an exclamation mark, and not a comma.

I realized that there are just certain things in life that are private. I have things in my past - like everyone - that I'm not proud of.

So it's you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why no one lets you make the plans.

I wish you would let an old man, who has had his share of fighting, remind you that battles, like hypotheses, are not to be multiplied beyond necessity.