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“On these pages are ruminations on identity past and present. The key to a coorie life is right in front of us - all…

— Gabriella Bennett

“Father, will justice ever reign in Scotland?”

— Douglas Bond

“1503  Scotland and England sign the Treaty of Everlasting Peace; it lasts ten years.”

— Gordon Kerr

The settled will of the Scottish people.

— John Smith

“Scottish divisions were gathering up in expectation. A year’s worth of anticipation... and dread. Centuries’ worth of struggle. All of us waiting to offer…

— N. Gemini Sasson

“A considerable debt is owed to these, and to many other books. The aim, however, with Scotland: The Autobiography, has been to gather a…

— Rosemary Goring

“The point of this book is that being Scottish is more than just a matter of nationality or place of origin or clan or…

— Arthur Herman

“What is this but the contents and matter of our oath? What do we covenant? What do we vow? Is it not the preservation…

— Various

“When John Knox went upstairs to plead with God for Scotland, it was the greatest event in Scottish history.”

— Charles Spurgeon

“Unlike representations—statements of fact as of a specific point in time—covenants are ongoing promises by one party to take or not to take certain…

— Charles M. Fox

Those of us who were part of creating the Scottish parliament believe we must always test constitutional arrangements. The real test is where do…

— Johann Lamont

“to be a witness to the grace and power of our Lord to keep us united with Himself, and seek by word and”

— Andrew Murray