A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.

I had faith in Israel before it was established I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it - not just another sovereign nation but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization.

The basis the corner-stone of this Government was the perfect equality of the free sovereign and independent States which made it.

The unionists also for their part want to minimise the potential for change not only on the equality agenda but on the issues of sovereignty and ending the union.

To every people the land is given on condition. Perceived or not there is a Covenant beyond the constitution beyond sovereign guarantee beyond the nation's sweetest dreams of itself.

We do not choose the day of our birth nor may we choose the day of our death yet choice is the sovereign faculty of the mind.

For the sake of goodness and love man shall let death have no sovereignty over his thoughts.

We have the character of an island nation: independent forthright passionate in defence of our sovereignty. We can no more change this British sensibility than we can drain the English Channel. And because of this sensibility we come to the European Union with a frame of mind that is more practical than emotional.

Self-reverence self-knowledge self-control these three alone lead one to sovereign power.