Scottish independence (Scots: Scots unthirldom, Scottish Gaelic: Neo-eisimeileachd na h-Alba) is a political aim of some political parties, advocacy groups and individuals for Scotland (which is a country of the United Kingdom), to once again become an independent sovereign state.
The Scottish Government has expressed its intention to hold an independence referendum in late 2014.
Read more about Scottish Independence: History, Proposed Referendum, Legality, Legitimacy, Public Opinion
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“Better wear out shoes than sheets.”
—18th-century Scottish proverb, collected in J. Kelly, Complete Collection of Scottish Proverbs (1721)
“To drive men from independence to live on alms, is itself great cruelty.”
—Edmund Burke (1729–1797)