A red stitched heart and needle rest on a linen square beside a tied blank scroll and a leafy sprig.

Original artwork, not a still

Statecraft

Margaret Thatcher

Constitutions have to be written on hearts, not just paper.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The contrast between hearts and paper suggests that written rules need inward commitment. A constitution, in this view, should be something people believe in as well as something they can read. The familiar materials turn an abstract point about public principles into a compact, memorable image.

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