“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
“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
“How do you keep war accountable to the American people when war becomes invisible and virtual?” PeopleWarInvisible 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
“I was with the U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the day that Srebrenica fell, which happened to be a huge historical turning point in the Bosnian war.” WarHappenedHugeHistoricalSecretaryTurning PointsBosnians 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
