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Quote by Michael Ignatieff

“You're never really out of politics.”

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Michael Ignatieff is a prominent Canadian politician, scholar, and writer. He has held several academic and public positions and is well-regarded both in Canada and internationally. more

“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.”

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Author:Michael Ignatieff

“Public service does not necessarily mean service in the House of Commons, and public service is not synonymous with partisan political activity. It comes in a thousand colours, but the common denominator is: it's not about me - it's about we.”

Mean Doe Political House Common Thousand Activity Colour Public Service Partisans Common Denominator House Of Commons

Author:Michael Ignatieff

“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.”

People Kind Different Form Political Differences Activity All Kinds Public Service Partisans

Author:Michael Ignatieff

“I've gotten hernias from drummers when they drop tempo.”

Drummer Tempo Hernias

Author:Miles Davis

“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."”

Enough Bigs Next Party Brain Generations Groups Fields Commitment Organization Reach Out Competing Next Generation Allegiance Public Service

Author:Michael Ignatieff

“The most daring thing is to be yourself and to do exactly what you want to do at that point in time and not to be worried with what other people are doing or what's popular.”

People Want What You Want Worried Being Yourself Daring

Author:Wiz Khalifa

“The Liberal Party of Canada has no monopoly on public service, we have no monopoly on virtue, and we have no monopoly on wisdom.”

Party Virtue Canada Monopoly Public Service Liberal Party

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.”

People Thinking Matter Turns Party Plumbing

Author:Michael Ignatieff

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