Portal:Scotland/Selected quote/Week 27, 2008

“ ... Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. ... ”

— Lord Kelvin, spoken in 1895.

“ ... I would rather have a Scot come from Scotland to govern the people of this kingdom well and justly than that you should govern them ill in the sight of all the world. ... ”

— Louis IX of France, speaking to his eldest son, Louis.