Sean Connery Quotes

Argentina wouldn't exist if not for self-determination, and this can't be valid for some but not for others.

Nations are equal in respect to each other, and entitled to claim equal consideration for their rights, whatever may be their relative dimensions or strength, or however greatly they may differ in government, religion, or manners. This perfect equality, and entire independence of all distinct states, is a fundamental principle of public law. It is a necessary consequence of this equality that each nation has a right to govern itself as it may think proper, and no one nation is entitled to dictate a form of government or religion, or a course of internal policy, to another. No state is entitled to take cognizance or notice of the domestic administration of another state, or of what passes within it as between the government and its own subjects

I am very aware of how warmly Scotland is regarded around the world, and a vote for self-determination would raise our international profile even further, with lots of benefits for Scottish arts and culture.

We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.

I love my people. They have the right to live like any other nation on Earth.

Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our government.

We're not trying to take back our country. We are our country.

I love my man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the submission is to reason, and not to man.

Treat them as a nation and they will act as a free people generally do—generously. Call them a faction, and they become factious.

People don't want to go back to the days, pre-referendum, when the Westminster establishment sidelined and ignored Scotland. They want Scotland's voice to be heard.

The government should help and guide the weak and small racial groups within its national boundaries toward self-determination and self-government. It should offer resistance to foreign aggression, and simultaneously, it should revise foreign treaties in order to restore our equality and independence among the nations.

I think France should be free, independent, and be the cultural heart of the world because those play a balance in the world.

I just think it is entirely normal for the United Kingdom to be an independent nation state.

Independence is the only way Scotland can realise its full political and cultural potential in the 21st century.

My vision is to put this country and the British people first and for us to divorce ourselves from political union and re-engage with the rest of the world.

We don't need a strongman. But we need a strong country that is not subordinate to Europe.

If you believe you're a nation, then I accept you as a nation.

What do we want for people? Human dignity, personal expression and fulfillment, justice, freedom.

An independent state does not pay too dear a price for its independence in accepting the sufferings of war when it cannot avoid them; a state which has lost its independence may find at least some compensation in the fact that its protector procures for it peace with its neighbours.

I've always said to my men friends, If you really care for me, darling, you will give me territory. Give me land, give me land.

Who ever walked behind anyone to freedom? If we can't go hand in hand, I don't want to go.

In the 1999 resolution regarding Taiwan's future passed by the Democratic Progressive Party, it is stated very clearly that any change to the status quo of Taiwan must be decided by the people of Taiwan through referenda.

I've always been hopeful about Scotland's prospects. And I now believe more than ever that Scotland is within touching distance of achieving independence and equality.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

Let us all learn to be free, and to be loyal.