He notes how 'the Conservatives confusedly thought that they had to pay danegeld to the Left and did so reluctantly and inappropriately, ...

Their thoughts, wished out into form, make a fit place for the weaker multitude to live in and they are always the humanitarians, giving their life for the world.

The Bird of Jove, stoopt from his aerie tour,

The first authentic statement of the Baʻth's principles and programme was contained in what is known as the Constitution of the Baʻth approved by its leaders in April 1947.