Author: John Ralston Saul

Quotes

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

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

- John Ralston Saul

Bankers - pillars of society who are going to hell if there is a God and He has been accurately quoted.

Bankers - pillars of society who are going to hell if there is a God and He has been accurately quoted.

- John Ralston Saul

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

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

- John Ralston Saul

Dictionary - opinion expressed as truth in alphabetical order.

Dictionary - opinion expressed as truth in alphabetical order.

- John Ralston Saul

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

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

- John Ralston Saul

For about 125 years, give or take, the Canadian government has acted extremely badly - even in a way which should be called evil - breaking treaties, breaking agreements.

For about 125 years, give or take, the Canadian government has acted extremely badly - even in a way which should be called evil - breaking treaties, breaking agreements.

- John Ralston Saul

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

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

- John Ralston Saul

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

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

- John Ralston Saul

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.

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.

- John Ralston Saul

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