Burns Scotland Quotes & Sayings

O Scotia! my dear, my native soil!
For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent — Robert Burns

It 's guid to be merry and wise, It 's guid to be honest and true, It 's guid to support Caledonia's cause, And bide by the buff and the blue. — Robert Burns

We will drain our dearest veins,
But they shall be free. — Robert Burns

Freedom is an idea that no tyrant will ever crush. — Laurence Overmire

Wherever a Scotsman goes, here goes Burns. His grand whole, catholic soul squares with the good of all; therefore we find him in everything, everywhere. — John Muir

My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here;
My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer;
A-chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe,
My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go. — Robert Burns