If I am not elected, I imagine that I will ask Harvard to let me back. Michael Ignatieff More Quotes by Michael Ignatieff More Quotes From Michael Ignatieff Mr. Kaplan is the first traveler to take us on a journey to the jagged places where these tectonic plates meet, and his argument--that our future is being shaped far away 'at the ends of the earth'--makes his travelogue pertinent and compelling reading. Michael Ignatieff reading journey earth Patriotism is the secret resource of a successful society. Michael Ignatieff resources successful secret Scar Tissue is the only book Ive ever written when Ive felt completely toxic, ill. Michael Ignatieff tissues toxic book The party's got to see itself as being one public service organization in a very competitive field, all of whom are competing for the allegiance and commitment and brains of the next generation. They've got to be big enough to reach out to those groups and say "come on in." Michael Ignatieff party organization commitment The medium's gaze is brief, intense, and promiscuous. The shelf life of the moral causes it makes its own is brutally short. Michael Ignatieff intense moral causes The disagreeable reality for those who believe in human rights is that there are some occasions-and Iraq may be one of them-when war is the only real remedy for regimes that live by terror. Michael Ignatieff real war believe Canadians want a country. They don't want a community of communities. I'm committed to the national unity of the country. Michael Ignatieff communication community country They [Afghans] understand the difficult truth that their best hope of freedom lies in a temporary experience of imperial rule. Michael Ignatieff hoping-for-the-best difficult lying America's entire war on terror is an exercise in imperialism. This may come as a shock to Americans, who don't like to think of their country as an empire. But what else can you call America's legions of soldiers, spooks and special forces straddling the globe? Michael Ignatieff exercise war country It was Reagan who began the realignment of American politics, making the Republicans into internationalist Jeffersonians with his speech in London at the Palace of Westminster in 1982, which led to the creation of the National Endowment for Democracy and the emergence of democracy promotion as a central goal of United States foreign policy. Michael Ignatieff democracy speech goal There are all kinds of different forms of public service, but there's no form of public service that can make more difference for more people than partisan political activity. Michael Ignatieff differences political people There are a lot of young Canadians who want to be politically active at their college or their university who can't go to the party convention, who can't take part in politics, because they're holding down a job to pay their tuition. These are kids who want to do public service, who want to get involved politically, but their financial situation is precarious. Michael Ignatieff party jobs kids No kid graduating in a political science class in Canada should not understand what's happened to income inequality since the 1970s, period. And then, what do we do about it? It's the biggest problem out there, in all western liberal societies. Michael Ignatieff political class kids You're never really out of politics. Michael Ignatieff The politics of personal destruction, the politics of division, the politics of fear, it's all there. It helps you to define the politics of moderation - the politics of democratic respect, the politics of hope - more clearly. Michael Ignatieff moderation division helping We must not lose sight of the fundamental issue of policy which is that people who come to the country on visa status must never be abused. Michael Ignatieff policy country people Desert Storm created the pattern for the American way of war that eventually prevailed in Kosovo. America learned from Vietnam that unilateral use of force eventually forfeits international legitimacy and domestic support. Desert Storm demonstrated the political necessity of coalition warfare. Michael Ignatieff desert storm support war Politics isn't a reality show or a gong show. It's not show business for ugly people. It's the arena where we define our common life in a rough and ready contest that has winners and losers. Michael Ignatieff politics business life people Liberal democracy has endured because its institutions are designed for handling morally hazardous forms of coercive power. It puts the question of how far government should go to the cross fire of adversarial review. Michael Ignatieff democracy government power fire Politics is a tough game. But would I change places with a trauma nurse in an emergency ward on a busy Saturday night? No way. There are lots of jobs in the world that are tougher than politics. And politicians and people who've done it need to remember that. Michael Ignatieff politics change night people
