“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.” BelieveHumansMayWarRealRealityRightsHuman RightsIraqTerrorOccasionsLive ByRegimesRemedyDisagreeable Author: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 idea's time has come.” MayIdeasInterestPolicyPoliticianIntellectualSake Author:Michael Ignatieff
“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?” ThinkingMayWarCountryAmericaForceSpecialExerciseSoldierTerrorShockEmpiresGlobesImperialismWar On TerrorLegionSpecial Forces Book:Empire Lite Source: Empire Lite
“Tad Homer-Dixon is a rare kind of public intellectual, who combines real expertise with a commitment to communicate to the widest possible readership. In The Ingenuity Gap he wants us all to wake-up to the fearful possibility that our blithe trust in science and technology may be misplaced. Human ingenuity may not be capable of coping with two emerging crises of this century and the next: population growth and environmental despoliation. Read Homer Dixon's wake-up call and you will see the future very differently.” WantHumansKindMayTwoRealNextGrowthTechnologyCenturyPossibilityCapableIntellectualCommitmentWake UpCrisisEnvironmentalPopulationCommunicateGapsFearfulWant UEmergingExpertiseCopingIngenuityScience And TechnologyMisplacedPopulation GrowthReadershipWake Up CallBlithe Author:Michael Ignatieff
“To defeat evil, we may have to traffic in evils: indefinite detention of suspects, coercive interrogations, targeted assassinations, even pre-emptive war.” MayWarEvilDefeatSuspectsTrafficAssassinationInterrogationDetention Author:Michael Ignatieff
“In academic life, false ideas are merely false and useless ones can be fun to play with. In political life, false ideas can ruin the lives of millions and useless ones can waste precious resources. An intellectual's responsibility for his ideas is to follow their consequences wherever they may lead. A politician's responsibility is to master those consequences and prevent them from doing harm. Michael Ignatieff, a former professor at Harvard and contributing writer for the magazine, is a member of Canada's Parliament and deputy leader of the Liberal Party.” MayIdeasWarPlayPoliticalFunPartyResponsibilityLeaderMillionsMastersPoliticianMembersWasteIntellectualConsequenceResourcesHarmMagazinesRuinsFormerUselessCanadaProfessorsAcademicParliamentHarvardContributingPolitical LifeDeputiesLiberal PartyAcademic Life Author: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 increasingly abstract, hard to think about and hard to control.” ThinkingMayMeanWarHardComputerLawyerAbstractSpecialistsTechnicians Author:Michael Ignatieff
