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

Quote by John Ralston Saul

Topics: Citizenship Quotes

Humanism: an exaltation of freedom, but one limited by our need to exercise it as...

Humanism: an exaltation of freedom, but one limited by our need to exercise it as...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Dictionary - opinion expressed as truth in alphabetical order.

Dictionary - opinion expressed as truth in alphabetical order.

A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption.

A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption.

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...

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....

Anglo Saxons: To blame for everything.

Anglo Saxons: To blame for everything.

A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption

A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption

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

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

Everyone has an equal right to inequality.

Everyone has an equal right to inequality.

Unregulated competition is a naive metaphor for anarchy.

Unregulated competition is a naive metaphor for anarchy.

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...

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....

Not a single time have we gotten a right from Congress or from the President....

Not a single time have we gotten a right from Congress or from the President....

If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in...

If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in...

A normal person prays to God, 'Don't give me problems.' but a great person prays...

A normal person prays to God, 'Don't give me problems.' but a great person prays...