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William Wallace Quotes
Scottish patriot and leader during the Wars of Scottish Independence
(died 1305)



"We come here with no peaceful intent, but ready for battle, determined to avenge our wrongs and set our country free. Let your masters come and attack us: we are ready to meet them beard to beard."
-- William Wallace, speech before the Battle of Stirling Ridge (1297)

"I can not be a traitor, for I owe him [King Edward I of England] no allegiance. He is not my Sovereign; he never received my homage; and whilst life is in this persecuted body, he never shall receive it."
-- William Wallace at his trial in London, 1305

"Pro Libertate" (For Liberty)
-- Motto of the Clan Wallace









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