Liberal democracy has endured because its institutions are designed for handling morally hazardous forms of coercive power. It puts the question of how far government should go to the cross fire of adversarial review. Michael Ignatieff adversarialcoercivecross share on social
Politics is like getting a really bad review: a stinker that you know all your friends are reading. Michael Ignatieff badfriendpolitic Change image and share on social
'Scar Tissue' is the only book I've ever written when I've felt completely toxic, ill. Michael Ignatieff bookcompletelyfelt Change image and share on social
When we say, even in a global village, that all politics is local, we mean that national sovereignties are the only reliable source of political authority. Michael Ignatieff authoritygloballocal Change image and share on social
The ultimate good in a liberal state is liberty. Michael Ignatieff goodliberalliberty Change image and share on social
There's a way in which these guys all think absolutely media, day and night. Access is what it's all about, so they spin 24 hours a day and that's a problem. Michael Ignatieff absolutelyaccessday Change image and share on social
Both Iraq and Syria are a fissile mixture of ethnicities and religions thrown together after Versailles by departing French and British imperialists and only kept together by Baathist tyranny and violence. Michael Ignatieff baathistbritishdepart share on social
There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism. Michael Ignatieff americacallfelt Change image and share on social
Thinkers too often disparage men of action in ways that do them no credit. Michael Ignatieff actioncreditdisparage Change image and share on social
Belief in liberal freedom and democracy is always belief in it in a particular place, in a national home with histories that only those who are born in a place or who adopt its citizenship can hope to understand. Michael Ignatieff adoptbearbelief share on social