Scar Tissue Is The Only Book Ive

A Liberal Society Cannot Be Defended By Herbivores. We Need Carnivores To Save Us, But We Had Better Make Sure The Meat-eaters Hunt Only On Our Orders.

There's A Civic Nationalism In Britain And Dozens Of Other Countries.

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.

The Liberal Party Of Canada Has No Monopoly On Public Service, We Have No Monopoly On Virtue, And We Have No Monopoly On Wisdom.

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.