He was a great man. Magna Charta, English Common Law, Simon De Montfort, the Provisions of Oxford, etc, etc, all show that freedom takes time, effort and work to achieve. You can’t just GIVE it to a people. They have to WANT it and to earn it.
WHICH, is why our idiotic venture in nation building in Islamic climes is wasted effort.
History is littered with Forgotten heros.
Strange isn’t it how a gift that precious is never appreciated unless you’ve done the butt kicking yourself in order to achieve it.
The Same with Israel, Those “Palestinians” Must be some real twits to reject the gift they where given there.