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I knew a very wise man so much of Sir Chr—'s sentiment, that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.

Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun

The Scots deserve no pity, if they voluntarily surrender their united and separate interests to the mercy of an united Parliament, where the English have so vast a majority…their 45 Scots members may dance round to all eternity, in this trap of their own making.

Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun

The sea is the only empire which can naturally belong to us. Conquest is not our interest, much less to consume our people and treasure in conquering for others.

Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun

Lord have mercy on my poor country that is so barbarously oppressed.

Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun

Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun

Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun

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Born: 1655

Died: 1716 (aged 61)

Bio: Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun was a Scottish writer and politician, remembered as an advocate for the non-incorporation of Scotland, and an opponent of the 1707 Act of Union between Scotland and England.

Known for:

The political works of Salton
Allegory: The Theory of a Symbolic Mode
The Topological Imagination
Invasion of the Saucer People

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