Roger Scruton Quotes
No, I don't think I've ever really favoured English independence. My view is that if the Scots want to be independent then we should aim for the same thing.
Scruton, Roger. Where We Are: The State of Britain Now. Bloomsbury Continuum, 2017.
French Canadian separatists had begun a movement for an independent Quebec. The area that was to be an independent nation, however, included the land of several Indian tribes including the Cree. They insisted on the same right of self-determination within Quebec as the French Canadians claimed within Canada. Their opposition among others led to the failure of the Meech Lake Accord.
While Adams was a little hyperbolic in his claim, the vast majority of the colonists who were protesting British policy and administration in 1775 were seeking reform, not separation from England. But what a difference a year made! British reaction radically changed the objectives of most colonists. See George Washington {613171} for a similar view.
He later settled for Home Rule in the Irish Treaty of 1922
Sir Roger Vernon Scruton FBA FRSL was an English philosopher and writer who specialised in aesthetics and political philosophy. Scruton wrote over 50 books on philosophy, art, music, politics, literature, culture, sexuality, and religion; he also wrote novels and two operas. He was a regular contributor to the popular media, including The Times, The Spectator, and the New Statesman. Scruton was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for "services to philosophy, teaching and public education".
