"The acceptance of corporatism causes us to deny and undermine the legitimacy of the individual as citizen in a democracy. The result of such a denial is a growing imbalance which leads to our adoration of self-interest and our denial of the public good."

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Source : John Ralston Saul (2012). “The Unconscious Civilization”, p.2, Simon and Schuster

John Ralston Saul

#Acceptance Quotes #Self Quotes #Democracy Quotes

“In life we have decisions to make, paths to take and opportunities to take advantage of.”
“Take a picture not a trophy This is how real men shoot animals”
“Never look back. If Cinderella had looked back and picked up the shoe she would have never found her prince.”
“It's kind of fun when you're playing characters that aren't quite on the up and up and people still like you.”
“Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?”
“I'm saying that the WMD reporting was not consciously evil. It was bad journalism, even very bad journalism.”

Source : "It's curtains for Okrent". Interview With Steve Kettmann, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2005.
“There is still plenty of good music to be written in C major.”
“A large animal needs a large area. If you protect that area, you're also protecting thousands of other plants and animals. You're saving all these species that future generations will want - you're saving the world for your children and your children's children. . . . The destruction of species is final. If you lose a species, you lose the genes, you lose all the potential drugs and potential foods that could be useful to the next generations. The ecosystems will not function as they have.”

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