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Self-interest is a necessary but hardly a sufficient basis for a decent society.

— Bob Rae The Three Questions - Prosperity and the Public Good (1998)

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Politics is about the persuasion required to move people to judgement.

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Change is the cliché of our time. It also happens to be the prevailing truth.

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