Progressive politics is not something to be bolted on to another cause.

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.

Jesus offers undeserved love, a love we don't deserve and can therefore never lose.

There is nothing so moving - not even acts of love or hate - as the discovery that one is not alone.

Success is never a place or position but a new state of self-realization.

When you take care of yourself, you're a better person for others. When you feel good about yourself, you treat others better.

It's not important what other people call you. If you yourself know you're a fake, that's tougher to live with.

Gratitude is the key that unlocks wonder.

Elegance of language must give way before simplicity in preaching sound doctrine.

It's time for second chances. It's time to remake the world.

I just hope I'm never promoted to the level of my incontinence.

Be not over solicitous about education. It may be able to do much, but it does not do as much as expected from it. It may mould and direct the character, but it rarely alters it.