“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
“We can't afford to waste people. We can't afford to have people think the game is over before it's begun. We've got to be saying to the Canadian people: you can't tax cut your way to a productive 21st-century economy. You can talk that talk, but it's not going to give you a productive 21st-century economy, because it will scythe apart the public goods that make prosperity possible. That's what we've got to say, and so we shall.” PeopleThinkingWayGivingGamesEconomyCuttingCenturyTaxesWasteProsperityProductiveGoods21st CenturyTax CutsScythes Author:Michael Ignatieff
“What really matters is getting new people in. The constitutional changes matter, but the thing that the party mustn't do is turn in on itself and think the thing we've got to do is fix our plumbing. The thing we've got to do is get new people in.” PeopleThinkingMatterTurnsPartyPlumbing Author:Michael Ignatieff
“Liberals don't want any part of Canada left behind. I used to give speeches on and on and on about the fact that we don't want to have a country where you think, "my kids have got to move to the city if they're going to have any kind of future." We've been saying that, and we've not got through.” IfsThinkingWantGivingKindCountryFactsKidsMovingUsedLeftCitiesBehindsSpeechCanadaLeft Behind 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
