It’s a stinking world because it lets the young get on to the old like you done, and there’s no law nor order no more. - Anthony Burgess

It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come from is part of where you're going

I am instructed by the Home Secretary to read out the following. . . . It is a prayer devised by the Ministry of Propaganda. . . . ‘It is conceivable that the forces of death which at present are ravaging the esculent life of this planet have intelligence, in which case we beseech them to leave off. It we have done wrong — allowing in our blindness natural impulse to overcome reason — we are, of course, heartily sorry. But we submit that we have already suffered sufficiently for this wrong and we firmly resolve never to sin again. Amen.

Regional dialects have to become national tongues before they can attain lasting glory. As with America, as with Australia. Scottish is different because Scotland considers itself to be a nation. Its language deserves a chapter to itself.