"If you make things sound inoffensively obvious, then it is likely that no one will listen."

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“It began in images and it ended in symbolism.”

“enlightenment should be a human right.”

“The corporatist-economic model of society appears to be governing us. Economists, often in the pay of transnationals, are deciding, for us, what democracy is, and will be.”

“Electrical fire and the fire of greed kindle economies. In that flux, nations become digitized commodities on stock-exchange floors and on investors' rating screens. A country becomes a product to be rated for its obedience to paying of deficits and debts.”

“May the ability to see many points of view keep us gentle.”

“The origin of corruption in politics is surely in the thought that you are the bearer of ultimate virtue.”

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