Quote of the day
It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot.
Compton Mackenzie
Born: January 17, 1883
Died: November 30, 1972 (aged 89)
Bio: Sir Compton Mackenzie was a Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histories and a memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur and lifelong Scottish nationalist.
Known for:
- Whisky Galore (1947)
- The Monarch of the Glen (1941)
- Sinister Street (1913)
- The Highland Omnibus
- Vestal Fire (1927)







