"[F]or so long as a hundred of us are left alive, we will yield in no least way to [tyrannical] dominion. We fight not for glory nor for wealth nor honours; but only and alone we fight for freedom, which no good man surrenders but with his life."
(adapted from "Robert the Bruce and his pledge to the nation. The Declaration of Arbroath 1320." Link at http://www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk/arbroath.html)
(adapted from "Robert the Bruce and his pledge to the nation. The Declaration of Arbroath 1320." Link at http://www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk/arbroath.html)
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