Obviously we don't have 300 million people. We haven't got a big army. We don't have Hollywood. We're a medium small-sized country. We have to do what medium small-sized countries do, which-even though we're not smarter than other people-is to make ourselves seem to be smarter. We have to work harder and know more than other people.
John Ralston SaulGovernments produced by the most banal of electoral victories, like those produced by the crudest of coups d'รฉtat, will always feel obliged to dress themselves up linguistically in some way.
John Ralston SaulIt is undoubtedly easier to believe in absolutes, follow blindly, mouth received wisdom. But that is self-betrayal.
John Ralston SaulWhenever governments adopt a moral tone - as opposed to an ethical one - you know something is wrong.
John Ralston SaulUnited States:. A nation given either to unjustified over-enthusiasms or infantile furies.
John Ralston Saul