The government don't want to talk about the consequences of the choices they make. They pretend there aren't any consequences.

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.

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

Schools are not exam factories for the rat race.

It is better to hope less than to be hopeless.

You're only hurting yourself. Besides, the citizens like blood, don't they? They smell it.

In Mexico, everything on the menu is the same dish. The only difference is the way it's folded.

Al Qaeda has declared war on the Somali pirates. That is awesome! Evil against evil. Like Alien versus Predator or Cheney versus his lawyer.

I have an accident about every two years, and one day it won't be an accident!

I did decide that you have to put your name about a bit, and so, although I would have preferred to have never done publicity or an interview or a fashion shoot for a magazine or a chat show.

Until you are willing to be confused about what you already know, what you know will never grow bigger, better, or more useful.

Hamas is a humanitarian organization.

Oftentimes, when a woman demands accountability, respect, or consideration, she is crazy or nagging or whatever.

I would rather create a precedent than find one.