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Democracy is the only system capable of reflecting the humanist premise of equilibrium or balance. The key to its secret is the involvement of the citizen.
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There is no need to search for global solutions, apart from an absolute necessity to destroy the idea that such things exist.
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June 19, 1947
(age 77)
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John Ralston Saul is a Canadian award-winning philosopher, novelist and essayist. He is a long-term champion of freedom of expression and was the International President of PEN International, until October 2015.
Known for:
Voltaire's bastards (1992)
Unconscious Civilization (1995)
The doubter's companion (1994)
On equilibrium (2001)
Reflections of a Siamese twin (1997)
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