Blair chose to take his stand ... from the highest moral ground, ... It is the definitive riposte to 'Blair the Poodle', seduced though he and his team always appeared to be by the proximity and glamour of American power.

The most obvious image and the way the theme is used is Blair as Bush's poodle,

We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as definitive and has as its highest value one's own ego and one's own desires... The church needs to withstand the tides of trends and the latest novelties.... We must become mature in this adult faith, we must guide the flock of Christ to this faith.

There is no moral to my life - I have none - except: 'Stand up and take it'. The rest is sentiment.

Be firm and stand your ground but never get angry

High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.