From Hywel Da to Gwynfor Evans, from Dafydd Wigley to Dafydd Iwan, from O.M. Edwards to Robert Ambrose Jones, from Llywelyn ap Gruffydd to Owain Glyndwr, from David Lloyd George to Jim Griffiths, the leaders of Wales have shown their adaptability and courage, their resilience and their courage, their grandiose dreams and their eloquent hopes. They have long shown that an independent Wales belongs in the councils of Europe. Its time has been long overdue. In the meantime, "In spite of all and everything," as Dafydd Iwan so searchingly reminds us in his patriotic song Yma O Hyd ( "We are still here.)"