I got a very strong sense from my mother, in particular, that we are all equal in the sight of God.

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

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.

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

My Scottish Labour Party is a crusade - to fight poverty, inequality and injustice.

What I will say will not always please you, but what I say will always be honest and true and how I genuinely see it.

Telling the truth, and confronting the challenge, is what politics is about.

We shall seek debate without division or rancour.

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.

Schools are not exam factories for the rat race.

The Scottish Labour Party, while I have breath in my body, will listen to the views of trade unionists.

You can’t destroy knowledge. You can stamp it under and burn it up and forbid it to be, but somewhere it will survive.

Be careful what you wish for. Especially out loud.

It is commonly seen by experience that excellent memories do often accompany weak judgements.

Jay Cutler, he's a fine quarterback, but I think at times he gets a little nicked up.

A Smith & Wesson does more for empowering women than Feminism ever could

Flattery is like wine, which exhilarates a man for a moment, but usually ends by going to his head and making him act foolishly.

Personal wealth is the by-product of making the world a better place.

... nothing lasts long. We all come to life and gather allies and build empires and die, all in a single moment - maybe a single pulse of some giant processor somewhere.

The beggarly last doit.