But it required a disastrous, internecine war to bring this question of human freedom to a crisis, and the process of striking the shackles from the slave was accomplished in a single hour.

For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom.

In times of war, the law falls silent.

Silent enim leges inter arma

We have released what we were required under Freedom of Information to release - which is that we have had a study done. We have what we think is a sound difference of opinion on what we have to release - and until we get to a point that we feel like it's in everybody's best interests for us to go public, then we obviously won't go public.

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

Wars are only committed by mankind and the genocide is called victory