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“ We become full human agents, capable of understanding ourselves, and hence of defining our identity, through our acquisition of rich human languages of expression. ”

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What should have died along with communism is the belief that modern societies can be run on a single principle, whether that of planning under the general will or that of free-market allocations.

~ Charles Taylor

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There is a widespread sense of loss here, if not always of God, then at least of meaning.

~ Charles Taylor

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We define our identity always in dialogue with, sometimes in struggle against, the things our significant others want to see in us. Even after we outgrow some of these others—our parents, for instance—and they disappear from our lives, the conversation with them continues within us as long as we live.

~ Charles Taylor

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[E]ach of our voices has something unique to say. Not only should I not mold my life to the demands of external conformity, I can't even find the model by which to live outside myself. I can only find it within.

~ Charles Taylor

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