Language is powerful. It is symbolic. He acknowledges the value and importance of words. It is important for us in this chamber to recognise that language evolves. Language changes, too.
Words take on different meanings.
Words that were relevant maybe decades or even a century ago may not be used today or may have different definitions or evoke different feelings and ideas, depending on who is using them and who is hearing them. So let us not pretend that language does not matter. Language also has the ability to inspire, and that is what we should be seeking to do with the use of language in a preamble. Perhaps most strange was the Prime Minister's claim of the rebuke to political correctness. In the past, this government has decided that certain values and aspirations are politically correct, thus discrediting reconciliation, feminism, protection of the environment and immigration.