Facts about Michael Ignatieff

Occup.Politician
FromCanada
BornMay 12, 1947
Age76 years

Summary

Michael Ignatieff is a famous Politician from Canada, he/she is 76 years old and still alive, born May 12, 1947.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac taurus, who is known for Security, Subtle strength, Appreciation, Instruction, Patience. Our collection contains 16 quotes who is written / told by Michael, under the main topic Patriotism.

16 Famous quotes by Michael Ignatieff

Small: I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism
"I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism"
Small: Your generation and mine have had very little real experience weve been severed from the direct experie
"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"
Small: Its good for people to believe in causes larger than themselves
"It's good for people to believe in causes larger than themselves"
Small: The wars of the future will be fought by computer technicians and by lawyers and high-altitude speciali
"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"
Small: Patriotism is strong nationalistic feeling for a country whose borders and whose legitimacy and whose e
"Patriotism is strong nationalistic feeling for a country whose borders and whose legitimacy and whose ethnic composition is taken for granted"
Small: Theres intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism
"There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism"
Small: All war aims for impunity
"All war aims for impunity"
Small: Theres a financial cost, but the only costs that are ever real are the costs of our soldiers
"There's a financial cost, but the only costs that are ever real are the costs of our soldiers"
Small: How do you keep war accountable to the American people when war becomes invisible and virtual?
"How do you keep war accountable to the American people when war becomes invisible and virtual?"
Small: We wanted this war and now weve got it, and Im not sure that we know what to do with it
"We wanted this war and now we've got it, and I'm not sure that we know what to do with it"
Small: Theres a civic nationalism in Britain and dozens of other countries
"There's a civic nationalism in Britain and dozens of other countries"
Small: I think no one could have made peace in Bosnia besides Holbrooke
"I think no one could have made peace in Bosnia besides Holbrooke"
Small: What we want is to become masters in our own house
"What we want is to become masters in our own house"
Small: There are lots of nations in the world or national peoples who dont yet have states. Theyre inside some
"There are lots of nations in the world or national peoples who don't yet have states. They're inside someone else's state and they want a state of their own"
Small: Theres a way in which these guys all think absolutely media, day and night. Access is what its all abou
"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"
Small: I was with the U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the day that Srebrenica fell, which happ
"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"