The Scots are a notoriously dour and repressive people. But they did invent Scotch whiskey, which is a definite plus.
Therefore I say that it is a narrow policy to suppose that this country or that is to be marked out as the eternal ally or the perpetual enemy of England. We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.
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Guildenstern: — England! I don't believe it!
Rosencrantz: — Just a conspiracy of cartographers you mean.
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