During a recent trip to Scotland, I read about the Declaration of Arbroath--a letter from Scottish nobles to Pope John XXII in 1320, which was intended to confirm Scotland's independence. A portion of the letter is often quoted:
As long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule. It is in truth not for glory nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom--for that alone which no honest man gives up but with life itself.
I like this quote quite a bit because it reminds me of the timelessness of the desire for men to be free. I have previously defined freedom, and the Declaration of Arbroath fits nicely with that.
