It Is Hopeless To Try To Convert

Subsidiarity Is The Principle That Government Works Best Most Responsibly And Responsively When It Is Closest To The People It Serves And The Needs It Addresses. Fiscal Accountability Is The Principle That Institutions Collecting And Disbursing Taxes Work Most Responsibly When They Are Transparent To Those Providing The Money.

It May Be Romantic To Search For The Salves Of Society's Ills In Slow-moving Rustic Surroundings, Or Among Innocent, Unspoiled Provincials, If Such Exist, But It Is A Waste Of Time.

Observation Of Realities Has Never, To Put It Mildly, Been One Of The Strengths Of Economic Development Theory.

The First Fundamental Of Successful City Life: People Must Take A Modicum Of Responsibility For Each Other Even If They Have No Ties To Each Other. This Is A Lesson No One Learns By Being Told. It Is Learned From The Experience Of Having Other People Without Ties Of Kinship Or Close Friendship Or Formal Responsibility To You Take A Modicum Of Responsibility For You.

Some Of The Large [municipalities] In Quebec Can Contain Within Them Most Of The Answers To Their Own Practical Problems. And So Lots Of Different Possibilities For Doing Things In A Practical And Different Way Become Available.