If My Ship Sails From Sight, It

The Prime Minister, Shortly After She Came Into Office, Received A Sobriquet As The 'iron Lady'. It Arose In The Context Of Remarks Which She Made About Defence Against The Soviet Union And Its Allies; But There Was No Reason To Suppose That The Right Honourable Lady Did Not Welcome And, Indeed, Take Pride In That Description. In The Next Week Or Two This House, The Nation And The Right Honourable Lady Herself, Will Learn Of What Metal She Is Made.

I Do Not Know If The Doctrine That The Nation-state Arose In The 19th Century Was Still Being Taught:;... But It Is Erroneous. The Nation-state Reaches Back Far Into The Origins Of Europe Itself And Perhaps Beyond. If Europe Was Not Always A Europe Of Nations, It Was Always A Europe In Which Nations Existed, And Were Taken For Granted, As A Basic Form Of The State.

Values Exist In A Transcendental Realm, Beyond Space And Time. They Can Neither Be Fought For, Nor Destroyed.

A Little Nonsense Now And Then Is Not A Bad Thing - Where Would We Politicians Be If We Were Not Allowed To Talk It Sometimes.

The Happiest And Most Glorious Hours Of My Life With Books Have Been With German Books.