Governments produced by the most banal of electoral victories, like those produced by the crudest of coups d'état, … - John Ralston Saul

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If you shut yourself up disdainfully in your ivory tower and insist that you have your own conscience and are satisfied with its approval, it is because you know that everybody is criticizing you, condemning you, or laughing at you.

John Ralston Saul

Governments produced by the most banal of electoral victories, like those produced by the crudest of coups d'état, will always feel obliged to dress themselves up linguistically in some way.

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Happy Hour: a depressing comment on the rest of the day and a victory for the most limited Dionysian view of human nature.

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