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About this book
Some Great Scottish Speeches were the result of years of contemplation. Some flourished in heat of the moment. Whatever the background of the ideas expressed, the speeches not only provide a snapshot of their time, but express views that still resonate in Scotland today, whether you agree with the sentiments or not.Encompassing speeches made by Scots or in Scotland, this carefully selected collection reveals the character of a nation. Themes of religion, independence and socialism cross paths with sporting encouragement, Irish Home Rule and Miss Jean Brodie.Ranging from the legendary speech of the Caledonian chief Calgagus in 83AD right up to Alex Salmond's election victory in 2007, these are the speeches that created modern Scotland.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword by Alex Salmond
- Preface by Prof David Purdie
- Introduction
- Calgacus • 1st Century AD
- Andrew Melville • 1595
- Macbeth • 1611
- Charles I • 30 January 1649
- Richard Rumbold • 26 June 1685
- Lord Belhaven • 2 November 1706
- Lord Balmerino • 18 August 1746
- Thomas Carlyle • 5 May 1840
- Thomas Chalmers • 18 May 1843
- Frederick Douglas • 30 January 1846
- John Inglis • 8 July 1857
- William Gladstone • 26 November 1879
- Henry George • 18 February 1884
- Michael Davitt • 3 May 1887
- Keir Hardie • 23 April 1901
- Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman • 14 June 1901
- David Kirkwood • 25 March 1916
- John Maclean • 9 May 1918
- JM Barrie • 3 May 1922
- Andrew Bonar Law • 19 October 1922
- Lord Birkenhead • 7 November 1923
- Ramsay MacDonald • 8 January 1924
- Duchess of Atholl • 18 January 1924
- John Wheatley • 23 June 1924
- HH Asquith • 15 October 1926
- Rev James Barr • 13 May 1927
- Edward Rosslyn Mitchell • 13 June 1928
- RB Cunninghame Graham • 21 June 1930
- Edwin Scrymgeour • 21 July 1931
- Sir Compton Mackenzie • 29 January 1932
- John Buchan • November 1932
- Florence Horsburgh • 3 November 1936
- George Buchanan • 10 December 1936
- Sir Archibald Sinclair • 3 October 1938
- Winston Churchill • 17 January 1941
- Thomas Johnston • 24 February 1943
- Robert McIntyre • 1 May 1945
- Sir David Maxwell Fyfe • 4 November 1950
- John MacCormick • 8 January 1951
- John Reith • 22 May 1952
- Robert Boothby • 19 February 1954
- George MacLeod • May 1954
- Wendy Wood • 30 May 1960
- Miss Jean Brodie • Novel published in 1961
- Jo Grimond • 15 September 1963
- Malcolm Muggeridge • 14 January 1968
- Edward Heath • 18 May 1968
- Mick McGahey • 1968
- Jimmy Reid • 28 April 1972
- RF Mackenzie • 1 April 1974
- David Steel • September 1976
- John P Mackintosh • 16 December 1976
- Tam Dalyell • 14 November 1977
- Pope John Paul II • 31 May 1982
- Margaret Thatcher • 21 May 1988
- Canon Kenyon Wright • 30 March 1989
- Renton • 1990s
- John Smith • 18 November 1993
- Very Rev Dr James Whyte • 9 October 1996
- Jim Telfer • 21 June 1997
- Donald Dewar • 1 July 1999
- Lord James Douglas-Hamilton • 16 December 1999
- Tommy Sheridan • 27 April 2000
- George Galloway • 17 May 2005
- Alex Salmond • 4 May 2007
- Endnotes