John Buchanan
John Buchanan
John MacLennan Buchanan, PC, QCis a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 20th Premier of Nova Scotia from 1978 to 1990 and as a member of the Senate of Canada from 1990 to 2006...
government principles should
It is often said by reformers that government should be conducted upon business principles.
feelings
There is no other who experiences your thoughts or your feelings.
emotion thoughts-and-emotions
Your thoughts and emotions are yours alone.
forever
You are forever alone.
stand-alone midst universe
For each one of us stands alone in the midst of a universe.
children wife may
However near and dear to you may be your wife, children, friends, they are not you; they are outside of you.
sympathy people pleasure
According to your sympathy, you will take pleasure in your own happiness or in the happiness of other people; but it is always your own happiness you seek.
land community special
The Massachusetts Land Bank, during Colonial times, prospered, and brought prosperity to the community, until it was forcibly suppressed by special act of Parliament.
way use interest
In precisely the same way money is often hired, and the hire paid for the use of it is called Interest.
modern idealism-and-realism interpretation
In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism.
interest domination ideals
But the egoist has no ideals, for the knowledge that his ideals are only his ideals, frees him from their domination. He acts for his own interest, not for the interest of ideals.
modern egoism misinterpreted
There is no word more generally misinterpreted than the word egoism, in its modern sense.
may suits use
The egoist is fooled by no ideals: he discards them or uses them, as may suit his own interest.
gold enough currency
There is never enough gold to redeem all the currency in circulation.