I swear-swear-swear: by everything which is and has been sacred to this nation from the beginning: Iceland shall not be sold. (Halldór Laxness)

I swear-swear-swear: by everything which is and has been sacred to this nation from the beginning: Iceland shall not be sold.

Halldór Laxness

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