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There's A Financial Cost, But The Only Costs That Are Ever Real Are The Costs Of Our Soldiers.

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.

Inequality Is Not Just An Issue Between Individuals, Between Classes, Between Regions. It's Between Urban And Rural.

The Only Cure For Nihilism Is For Liberal Democratic Societies - Their Electorates, Their Judiciary, And Their Political Leadership- To Insist That Force Is Legitimate Only To The Degree That It Serves Defensible Poltical Goals. Thus Implies A Constant Exercise Of Due Diligence.

You're Never Really Out Of Politics.