You're Never Really Out Of Politics.

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.

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.

It's Good For People To Believe In Causes Larger Than Themselves.

One Of The Greatest Feelings In Life Is The Conviction That You Have Lived The Life You Wanted To Live-with The Rough And The Smooth, The Good And The Bad-but Yours, Shaped By Your Own Choices, And Not Someone Else's.

The Conservatives Hold Rural Places Because They Keep Bombarding Rural Canada With, "liberals Are A Bunch Of Urban, Metropolitan Snobs Who Don't Care About You And Want To Leave You Dead By The Roadside." We've Simply Got To Go Out And Say, "they're Lying To You About Us. We Actually Care About You More Than The Other Guys, And We're Not Going To Pander To Your Prejudices - We're Going To Give Hope To Your Kids."