We Are The Raison D'être Of The Entire System. We Are Also The Employers Of Those In Public Office And In The Public Service. Why Should We Accept From Them A Discourse Which Suggests Contempt For Us And For The Democratic System?

-John Ralston Saul

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We Are The Raison D'être

John Ralston Saul

We Are The Raison D'être Of The Entire System. We Are Also The Employers Of Those In Public Office And In The Public Service. Why Should We Accept From Them A Discourse Which Suggests Contempt For Us And For The Democratic System?

Topic

Office

Public Service

Accepting

Born In Elevators And Supermarkets, Muzak Has Spread To Restaurants, Hotels, Airplanes, Telephone Hold Services, And Waiting Rooms. The Public-relations Experts Believe That Human Beings Fear Silence - That Is, The Absence Of Constantly Imposed Direction. It Is Further Believed That If We Can Be Relieved Of Our Fears, We Will Gain Enough Self-confidence To Buy, Eat, Vote, Fly, Or Simply Go On Living.

Believe

Airplane

Self Confidence