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Johann Lamont quotes: That's a really healthy thing - family will always protect you from yourself.

That's a really healthy thing - family will always protect you from yourself.

Johann Lamont quotes: I've got a very deep and abiding passion about education being far more than buildings and textbooks; it's what children bring into school with them.

I've got a very deep and abiding passion about education being far more than buildings and textbooks; it's what children bring into school with them.

Johann Lamont quotes: I've taught fifth-year Christmas leavers last thing on a Friday afternoon. Basically, if you can face that you can face anything.

I've taught fifth-year Christmas leavers last thing on a Friday afternoon. Basically, if you can face that you can face anything.

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

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

Johann Lamont quotes: I don't agree with the Tories on most things.

I don't agree with the Tories on most things.

Johann Lamont quotes: The big issues, the things that scar Scotland - the least of them is whether we should have a border at Gretna Green or not.

The big issues, the things that scar Scotland - the least of them is whether we should have a border at Gretna Green or not.

Johann Lamont quotes: The test is can you do something, rather than have a theoretical argument - can you make a difference?

The test is can you do something, rather than have a theoretical argument - can you make a difference?

Johann Lamont quotes: We must listen and learn, show humility and seek again to talk for and to people's ambitions and concerns.

We must listen and learn, show humility and seek again to talk for and to people's ambitions and concerns.

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

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

Johann Lamont quotes: If I believe we need free personal care, we need an honest discussion about what it costs with a well-managed, well-trained workforce.

If I believe we need free personal care, we need an honest discussion about what it costs with a well-managed, well-trained workforce.

Johann Lamont quotes: It is not possible to spend on one thing and then not have consequences on something else.

It is not possible to spend on one thing and then not have consequences on something else.

Johann Lamont quotes: If I have learned one thing in life, it is never to take any man's own estimate of himself. He could very well be mistaken.

If I have learned one thing in life, it is never to take any man's own estimate of himself. He could very well be mistaken.

Johann Lamont quotes: Social injustice is what puts Scotland at its greatest disadvantage, and restoring the 50p tax rate will start to fight that.

Social injustice is what puts Scotland at its greatest disadvantage, and restoring the 50p tax rate will start to fight that.

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

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

Johann Lamont quotes: I want to change Scotland, but the only way we can change Scotland is by changing the Scottish Labour Party.

I want to change Scotland, but the only way we can change Scotland is by changing the Scottish Labour Party.

Johann Lamont quotes: Telling the truth, and confronting the challenge, is what politics is about.

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

Johann Lamont quotes: Scotland cannot be the only 'something for nothing' country in the world.

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

Johann Lamont quotes: We will renew our party, to rebuild our land - and we will do it by being a better Labour, real Labour, Scottish Labour.

We will renew our party, to rebuild our land - and we will do it by being a better Labour, real Labour, Scottish Labour.

Johann Lamont quotes: My biggest ambition is to bring together what happens in the real world with what politicians talk about.

My biggest ambition is to bring together what happens in the real world with what politicians talk about.

Johann Lamont quotes: Our politics is about people not flags.

Our politics is about people not flags.

Johann Lamont quotes: It's true across the U.K. that those who had least to do with causing the economic crisis are carrying the heaviest burden. That's unacceptable.

It's true across the U.K. that those who had least to do with causing the economic crisis are carrying the heaviest burden. That's unacceptable.

Johann Lamont quotes: The Scottish Labour Party and its renewal are more important than me.

The Scottish Labour Party and its renewal are more important than me.

Johann Lamont quotes: I've often thought having a politician for a parent must be like having a constantly embarrassing uncle.

I've often thought having a politician for a parent must be like having a constantly embarrassing uncle.

Johann Lamont quotes: Maybe I was just born to argue with men.

Maybe I was just born to argue with men.

Johann Lamont quotes: The job of the Scottish Labour Party is to represent working people and represent Scotland.

The job of the Scottish Labour Party is to represent working people and represent Scotland.

Johann Lamont quotes: 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.

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.

Johann Lamont quotes: The Labour Party in 2011 was in an exceptionally bad place. We'd been hammered in an election. We didn't see the scale of it coming.

The Labour Party in 2011 was in an exceptionally bad place. We'd been hammered in an election. We didn't see the scale of it coming.

Johann Lamont quotes: Scotland has chosen to remain in partnership with our neighbours in the U.K. But Scotland is distinct, and colleagues must recognise that.

Scotland has chosen to remain in partnership with our neighbours in the U.K. But Scotland is distinct, and colleagues must recognise that.

Johann Lamont quotes: I firmly believe that Scotland's place is in the U.K., and I do not believe in powers for power's sake.

I firmly believe that Scotland's place is in the U.K., and I do not believe in powers for power's sake.

Johann Lamont quotes: If you don't accept there is a problem, then it is hard to debate things.

If you don't accept there is a problem, then it is hard to debate things.

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

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

Johann Lamont quotes: There is a circus around politics. But if you think it is a game, then you forget what the purpose of politics actually is.

There is a circus around politics. But if you think it is a game, then you forget what the purpose of politics actually is.

Johann Lamont quotes: I'd always step up to the mark to serve the people of the country.

I'd always step up to the mark to serve the people of the country.

Johann Lamont quotes: While I'm leader, nothing will be off limits - there will not be one policy, one rule, one way of working which cannot be changed.

While I'm leader, nothing will be off limits - there will not be one policy, one rule, one way of working which cannot be changed.

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

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

Johann Lamont quotes: I used to go to a Gaelic class on a Saturday morning, but I never felt myself that I could speak it properly.

I used to go to a Gaelic class on a Saturday morning, but I never felt myself that I could speak it properly.

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

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

Johann Lamont quotes: I will not promise what I cannot deliver. And I will never hide the cost of what I propose.

I will not promise what I cannot deliver. And I will never hide the cost of what I propose.

Johann Lamont quotes: We shall seek debate without division or rancour.

We shall seek debate without division or rancour.

Johann Lamont quotes: The next phase is to 2016, and yes, I want to be First Minister because I believe I have the life experience, and I've got a commitment to change.

The next phase is to 2016, and yes, I want to be First Minister because I believe I have the life experience, and I've got a commitment to change.

Johann Lamont quotes: Schools are not exam factories for the rat race.

Schools are not exam factories for the rat race.

Johann Lamont quotes: Progressive politics is not something to be bolted on to another cause.

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

Johann Lamont quotes: We need to find a way of having a conversation across the parties on how you fund local government.

We need to find a way of having a conversation across the parties on how you fund local government.

Johann Lamont quotes: I made a different decision to send my children to the local state school.

I made a different decision to send my children to the local state school.

Johann Lamont quotes: I spent ridiculous amounts of time as an activist and volunteer and was a teacher for 20 years.

I spent ridiculous amounts of time as an activist and volunteer and was a teacher for 20 years.