The most powerful force possessed by the individual citizen is her own government. . . . Government is … - John Ralston Saul

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One can forget the meaninglessness of his own existence by occupying himself with scientific experiments of dubious import. Countless scientists and scholars spend their lives in the search of truths that are irrelevant to them.

John Ralston Saul

The most powerful force possessed by the individual citizen is her own government. . . . Government is the only organized mechanism that makes possible that level of shared disinterest known as the public good.

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