Quotes About Scottish Independence

#1. Clearly, if it is sensible to hold a referendum on independence, it is crucial that we have one on marriage. It is the only way the country can move forward on this issue. Let all those who have a view on this subject place their trust in the Scottish people and let Scotland decide.

Keith O'Brien

#2. Unsettling emotions are capable of messing up the most beautiful minds in this world.

Janvier Chouteu-Chando

#3. We will drain our dearest veins,
But they shall be free.

Robert Burns

#4. I don't feel we need to be independent for me to feel confident in my Scottish identity. I think Scotland is pretty comfortable in its identity. We won't need independence to preserve it ... if we don't become independent, it won't disappear; it isn't under existential threat.

Nicola Sturgeon

#5. Facebook has woven itself into the fabric of our lives and the foundation of the Internet. I think everything will be redefined because people are using their real identities on the Internet.

Ruchi Sanghvi

#6. Scotland forms a crucial part of our Armed Forces which should not be jeopardised by rushed cuts or a rush to the exit from the U.K. Defence jobs are vital to the Scottish economy and yet independence puts thousands of jobs at risk.

Philip Hammond

#7. What a sight the big man made, sitting his horse with a commanding presence as if he were born to the guardianship. If she hadn't known him, Eva would have guessed him to be as regal as a king.

Amy Jarecki

#8. The Russian action in Chechnya could be likened to the British Army reducing Edinburgh to rubble and expelling a couple of million Scottish people in response to a unilateral declaration of independence by Scotland

Amjad M. Jaimoukha

#9. In the original novel [ Anthem], the story unfolds in the mind of a single character. Maybe that's why Ayn Rand called the work a poem.

Jeff Britting

#10. Scotland can exist fully if we dream hard enough, Julie. I just can't relate to that Scottish deep-fried-chip-on-the-shoulder. Trainspotting was wrong: it feels fucking great being Scottish. We're becoming something, Julie. I can feel it. We're getting dressed up.

Alan Bissett

#11. I didn't want to be owned. I didn't want a man to tell me all this bullshit and never be able to step up and do it. I didn't need a man to watch over me before, and I sure as hell didn't need one to do it now.

Addison Jane

#12. His eyes close. His hand trembles. "I am the star in the night sky. I am the blade in the twilight. I am the god, the glory." His breath shudders out. He is afraid. "I am the Gold." And

Pierce Brown

#13. The weakness in traditional Scottish nationalism lay in its own inability to grasp that identity could not be the only factor in the march to independence.

Tariq Ali

#14. President Obama's FCC Chairman, Julius Genachowski, has a reputation in D.C. of being a 'tepid' regulator. From reports of his net neutrality proposal, he's living up to that reputation.

Marvin Ammori

#15. If the Scottish people decide to opt for independence, it would not be a good idea for Scotland to maintain a very rigid link to the pound.

Mohamed El-Erian

#16. One must be patient like the earth. What iniquities are being perpetuated on her! Yet she quietly endures them all.

Sarada Devi

#17. I will say that anyone who supports Scottish independence should go to Athens. Because nothing works. It is a disaster. It is a ruined, dirty place where people do not have money or future prospects. The day one after independence, Scotland would be worse.

Philip Kerr

#18. Francia don't look too convinced. I never seen arms so crossed.

Patrick Ness