Political utopias are a form of nostalgia for an imagined past projected onto the future as a wish.
A liberal society cannot be defended by herbivores. We need carnivores to save us, but we had better make sure the meat-eaters hunt only on our order… - Michael Ignatieff
A liberal society cannot be defended by herbivores. We need carnivores to save us, but we had better make sure the meat-eaters hunt only on our order…
- Michael Ignatieff
Those with a gift for action, for their part, often express contempt for those whose gifts are more reflective. Men of action like to say, Those who … - Michael Ignatieff
Those with a gift for action, for their part, often express contempt for those whose gifts are more reflective. Men of action like to say, Those who …
An intellectual may be interested in ideas and policies for their own sake, but a politician's interest is exclusively in the question of whether an … - Michael Ignatieff
An intellectual may be interested in ideas and policies for their own sake, but a politician's interest is exclusively in the question of whether an …
Genocide is not just a murderous madness; it is, more deeply, a politics that promises a utopia beyond politics - one people, one land, one truth, th… - Michael Ignatieff
Genocide is not just a murderous madness; it is, more deeply, a politics that promises a utopia beyond politics - one people, one land, one truth, th…
Cynics who say power is all that counts in politics forget that power without ideas is just improvisation. - Michael Ignatieff
Cynics who say power is all that counts in politics forget that power without ideas is just improvisation.
The Liberal Party of Canada has no monopoly on public service, we have no monopoly on virtue, and we have no monopoly on wisdom. - Michael Ignatieff
The Liberal Party of Canada has no monopoly on public service, we have no monopoly on virtue, and we have no monopoly on wisdom.
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
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.
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 … - Michael Ignatieff
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 …
The wars of the future will be fought by computer technicians and by lawyers and high-altitude specialists, and that may mean war will be increasingl… - Michael Ignatieff
The wars of the future will be fought by computer technicians and by lawyers and high-altitude specialists, and that may mean war will be increasingl…
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