"Here I find a puzzle of great beauty: Canada works well in practice, but just doesn't work out in theory."

“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.”

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

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