Alex Salmond: Trending quotes (page 4)

“Scotland's long-term prosperity does not depend solely - or even predominantly - on oil and gas. It will also be based on our success in the other industries of the future - sectors such as renewable energy and the life sciences, where we are already a major European player.”

Alex Salmond

Vision for Scotland in the European Union (December 12, 2007)

Life , Science , Success , Future

“Our united belief in social justice demands no less.”

Alex Salmond

Principles and Priorities : Programme for Government (September 5, 2007)

Justice

“Let’s not pretend we’re in a worse position than we were half a century ago. That’s just not true. Then, sectarianism was inculcated into life, politics, business – into all sorts of institutions where prejudice should have no part whatsoever. That has largely gone. That Monklands byelection was one of the last redoubts of religion dividing politics.”

Alex Salmond

Life , Religion , Business , Parting

“Gaelic language and culture is inseparable from the future success of the Scottish economy.”

Alex Salmond

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Lecture (December 19, 2007)

Success , Future

“The SNP's commitment to a Bill of Rights and written constitution means that we will outlaw any discrimination but we also have to eradicate it from the dark recesses of the Scottish psyche. We also have to speak out against institutionalised discrimination. For example, it is a scandal of some considerable proportions that no Catholic can sit on the throne, or marry the heir to the throne -- an attitude entrenched in law that belongs to the archaic arrangements of the eighteenth century, not the bright prospects of the twenty-first.”

Alex Salmond

Speech http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/major-s-contradiction-on-constitutional-reform-questioned-by-snp-leader-salmond-calls-for-same-say-for-scotland-1.669219 in Northern Ireland (27 July 1995).

Law

“You are the blood of our blood and the bone of our bone.”

Alex Salmond

Scotland and Northern Ireland (June 18, 2007)

“Let no-one mistake. This Church, and other faith groups, have the ability to be agents for change and change for the better. … You have worked to promote understanding among faiths. To tackle sectarianism. To promote development worldwide. … And let me say that for our Parliament, that is something that may not yet be formally our responsibility. But it is, in reality, our obligation. … In ancient times it was said that Sparta had no city walls. It did not need them, the people were the walls of Sparta. This church and our other institutions - spiritual and secular are the walls of Scotland - the rocks on which reform and renewal will be built. … We will continue to draw on this Church as a source of wisdom. A source of strength. A source of hope.”

Alex Salmond

Scotland in the World Forum (February 4, 2008), Church of Scotland (May 25, 2009)

Wisdom , People , Faith , Hope

“Modern Scotland is about continuing that traditional welcome for those of all faiths or none, of including those from every part of the world and of every belief in our social mix. That diversity is our strength. That ability to welcome and to accommodate those from other nations and to develop an elastic sense of what it is to be 'Scottish' makes us bigger and better as a nation.”

Alex Salmond

St Andrew's Day (November 30, 2007)

World , Faith , Sense , Parting

“I believe that all of us - whether native Scots or our friends abroad - should strive for a shared understand of our heritage and origins.”

Alex Salmond

St Andrew's Day (November 30, 2007)

Understanding

“We Scots are proud Europeans. By history Scotland is - and by our ambition Scotland will remain - a European nation, a full member of the European Union. This is the starting point of our engagement with Europe. We will always play our full part and work to advance common European interests.”

Alex Salmond

Vision for Scotland in the European Union (December 12, 2007)

History , Parting

“Without the church there would be no Scotland - and something important, precious and distinctive would have been lost to the world.”

Alex Salmond

Scotland in the World Forum (February 4, 2008), Church of Scotland (May 25, 2009)

World

“We have pushed hard to ensure that the UK negotiating line takes full account of Scotland's circumstances - and we will continue to do so. But we have no guarantee of success. Nor can we be sure that Scottish interests will not fall victim to trade-offs that the UK Government has to make at the Brussels negotiating table. Independence would remove that uncertainty at a stroke.”

Alex Salmond

Vision for Scotland in the European Union (December 12, 2007)

Success

“We must remove, not erect, barriers to degree level education.”

Alex Salmond

Principles and Priorities : Programme for Government (September 5, 2007)

Education

“I want to see Gaelic thrive across the whole of Scotland.”

Alex Salmond

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Lecture (December 19, 2007)

“To win and retain the trust of the people requires an administration willing to focus on showing competence and direction in the day to day business of government.”

Alex Salmond

Principles and Priorities : Programme for Government (September 5, 2007)

People , Business

“It is the very stuff of politics that parties like to have a go at each other - a vibrant democracy demands no less.”

Alex Salmond

Principles and Priorities : Programme for Government (September 5, 2007)

Democracy

“Not only would an independent Scotland within Europe be at ease with ourselves and our partners at the table. We would be naturally suited to the aims and values of Europe itself - and with the responsibilities of being modern, compassionate, global Europeans.”

Alex Salmond

Vision for Scotland in the European Union (December 12, 2007)

Nature

“We celebrate the values which define modern Scotland: the values of humanity, compassion, enterprise, ambition, and a determined internationalism.”

Alex Salmond

St Andrew's Day (November 30, 2007)

“It would be much easier if we had the full powers of an independent country. Therefore I was anticipating being in that position by 2017.”

Alex Salmond

Speech (13 November 2007), quoted in The Guardian, ' Scotland in 2017 - independent and flush with oil, says Salmond http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/nov/14/scotland.devolution1' (14 November 2007).

Country

“Scotland is a country which has at its core an internationalism which has been much affected by centuries both of migration and also of welcoming those from other countries.”

Alex Salmond

Scotland and Northern Ireland (June 18, 2007)

Country