It was in a small coffee shop on Rachel and Saint
Laurent that we had a great honour and privilege meeting Mr.Marc Garneau.We
were sitting table besides table. It is difficult in our time achieving both,
Mr. Garneau’s greatness and yet such a simplicity. May he rest in peace.
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“Whenever students of the human scene have considered the dealings individuals have with one another, the issue of calculation has arisen: When a respectable motive is given for action, are we to suspect an ulterior one? When an individual supports a promise or threat with a convincing display of emotional expression, are we to believe him? When an individual seems carried away by feeling is he intentionally acting this way in order to create an effect? When someone responds to us in a particular way, are we to see this as a spontaneous reaction to the situation or a result of his having canvassed all other possible responses before deciding this one was the most advantageous? And whether or not we have such concerns, ought we to be worried about the individual believing that we have them?”
“…has man always inhabited a world like the present, where nothing is linked together , where virtue is without genius, and genius without honour; where the love of order is confounded with a taste for oppression, and the holy rites of freedom with a contempt of law; where the light thrown by conscience on human actions is dim, and where nothing seems to be any longer forbidden or allowed, honorable or shameful, false or true?”
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“In all governments there is a perpetual intestine struggle, open or secret between Authority and liberty, and neither of them can ever absolutely prevail in the contest. A great sacrifice of liberty must necessarily be made in every government, yet, even the authority which confines liberty can never and perhaps ought never in any constitution to become quite entire and uncontrollable.” David Hume
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