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

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.

Such Excessive Preoccupation With The Faults Of Others Only Manages To Bring The Spotlight To Shine Bright On Whatever It Is You May Have Hiding Behind All Your Self Perceived Glory.

Thinking there had to be a better way was a brilliant stroke of serendipity!

I am constantly amazed by Tina Fey. And I am Tina Fey.

I don't think that everyone should have a philosophical answer to any given question. There are things that need to be done.

I haven't got any special religion this morning. My God is the God of Walkers. If you walk hard enough, you probably don't need any other god.

Paradoxically, we achieve true wholeness only by embracing our fragility and sometimes, our brokenness.

I was never part of the crowd.

Learn to love the sunrise and sunset, the beating of rain on the roof and windows, and the gentle fall of snow on a winter day.

The sacred is found boring by many who find the uncanny fascinating.

War is capitalism with the gloves off and many who go to war know it but they go to war because they don't want to be a hero.