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

Quote by John Ralston Saul

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The citizen's job is to be rude - to pierce the comfort of professional intercourse...

The citizen's job is to be rude - to pierce the comfort of professional intercourse...

Only when God was said to have died did various leaders, professions and sectors risk...

Only when God was said to have died did various leaders, professions and sectors risk...

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

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

Either God is alive, in which case he'll deal with us as he sees fit....

Either God is alive, in which case he'll deal with us as he sees fit....

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

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

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

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

A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption.

A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption.

Marx was fortunate to have been born eighty years before Walt Disney. Disney also promised...

Marx was fortunate to have been born eighty years before Walt Disney. Disney also promised...

Dictionary - opinion expressed as truth in alphabetical order.

Dictionary - opinion expressed as truth in alphabetical order.

If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and...

If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and...

Everyone has an equal right to inequality.

Everyone has an equal right to inequality.

A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption

A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption

Democracy is the only system capable of reflecting the humanist premise of equilibrium or balance....

Democracy is the only system capable of reflecting the humanist premise of equilibrium or balance....

Bankers - pillars of society who are going to hell if there is a God...

Bankers - pillars of society who are going to hell if there is a God...

The citizen's job is to be rude - to pierce the comfort of professional intercourse...

The citizen's job is to be rude - to pierce the comfort of professional intercourse...

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

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

Unregulated competition is a naive metaphor for anarchy.

Unregulated competition is a naive metaphor for anarchy.

Anglo Saxons: To blame for everything.

Anglo Saxons: To blame for everything.