"... to blow you Scotch beggars back to your native mountains."
— Guy Fawkes

January 1, 1970

Quote Details

Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Added on April 10, 2026
Unverified quote
0 likes
RevolutionariesCatholics from EnglandSoldiersPeople from YorkPeople charged with treason
Original Language: English

Sources

Remark as quoted in "Gunpowder Treason and Plot" (1976) by Cyril Northcote Parkinson. It was said in response to one of the lords of the King's Privy Chamber, who had asked what Fawkes intended to do with such a large amount of gunpowder.