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John Ralston Saul is a Canadian author and public intellectual, celebrated for his thought-provoking books on philosophy, history, and society. His critical examination of contemporary issues, including the role of democracy and individual rights, challenges readers to think deeply about the world around them. Saul's legacy encourages individuals to question assumptions, engage with complex ideas, and champion the values of liberty and justice in the face of societal challenges. His work continues to inspire those who seek truth through reason and reflection.
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"Bankers - pillars of society who are going to hell if there is a God and He has been accurately quoted."

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"The citizen's job is to be rude - to pierce the comfort of professional intercourse by boorish expressions of doubt."

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"Freedom - an occupied space which must be reoccupied every day."

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"Dictionary - opinion expressed as truth in alphabetical order."

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"Only when God was said to have died did various leaders, professions and sectors risk pushing themselves forward as successors."

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"Either God is alive, in which case he'll deal with us as he sees fit. Or he is dead, in which case he was never alive, it being unlikely that he died of old age."

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"Armaments; extremely useful for fighting wars, a deadweight in any civil economy."

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"Money is not real. It is a conscious agreement on measuring value."

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"Nothing is absolute, with the debatable exceptions of this statement and death."

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"Democracy is the only system capable of reflecting the humanist premise of equilibrium or balance. The key to its secret is the involvement of the citizen."

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"If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and undermine democracy, which is after all not a natural state."

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"Everyone has an equal right to inequality."

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"Marx was fortunate to have been born eighty years before Walt Disney. Disney also promised a child's paradise and unlike Marx, delivered on his promise."

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"Anglo Saxons: To blame for everything."

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"Humanism: an exaltation of freedom, but one limited by our need to exercise it as an integral part of nature and society."

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"Unregulated competition is a naive metaphor for anarchy."

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