Michael Ignatieff Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Relying exclusively on air power has limits: planes are effective against fixed strategic targets, like petroleum storage, bridges, and command bunkers; but even then, air power rarely succeeds by itself in destroying a regime's ability to command and control its forces.”

“I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism.”

“All war aims for impunity.”

“We wanted this war and now we've got it, and I'm not sure that we know what to do with it.”

“A good journalist is modest; his only job is simple: to decide what counts as news.”

“There's a civic nationalism in Britain and dozens of other countries.”

“Your generation and mine have had very little real experience; we've been severed from the direct experience of war by some very good things. By the end of the draft, and by the defeat in Vietnam.”

“Affirming belief that America is an exceptional nation has become a test of patriotism in American politics.”

“I can't think of this country without Quebec. Je parle francais. And when I think about being a Canadian, speaking French is part of it.”

“Intellectuals are good at seeing the big picture. But they are not so good at process.”