"Show me a man who respects the rights of all countries, but is ready to defend his own against them all, and I will show you a man who is both a Nationalist and an Internationalist". - Fletcher of Saltoun (1653-1716)
Nae referendum in 1707. "We're bought and sold for English gold such a parcel of rogues in a nation."
Dear Lord, lest I continue in my complacent ways, help me to remember that someone died for me today. And if there be war, help me to remember to ask and to answer "am I worth dying for?" - Eleanor Roosevelt
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. -- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)