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# Don Johnston

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Donald James Johnston, was a Canadian lawyer, writer and politician who was Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 1996 to 2006. He was the first non-European to head that organization. From 1978 to 1988, Johnston was a Liberal Party member of the

##  Quotes by Don Johnston

> ['Sustainable Development' is an oxymoron. 'Development' in all it's senses entails expansion and wanting more. Continual expansion and wanting more are unsustainable.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-johnston/sustainable-development-is-an-oxymoron-development-in-all-it-s-senses/)

[Don Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-johnston/)

[Choices](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choices/)

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> [By the time the Deputy Minister presents a matter for decision to cabinet, he or she tends to present three options: '…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-johnston/by-the-time-the-deputy-minister-presents-a-matter-for-decision-to/)

[Don Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-johnston/)

[Bureaucracy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bureaucracy/)

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                        "text": "'Sustainable Development' is an oxymoron. 'Development' in all it's senses entails expansion and wanting more. Continual expansion and wanting more are unsustainable. Globally we are approaching the point when the only sustainable way forward is to want less. Indeed, the choice element may be removed from us and we will just have to have less. In the meantime we still have some choices about how to influence our future",
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                        "text": "By the time the Deputy Minister presents a matter for decision to cabinet, he or she tends to present three options: ' the unacceptable', 'the politically courageous', and 'the bureaucrat-preferred' options.  As such, it is usually best to get down into the department to the person doing the first drafts of any policy.",
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