Quotes by Michael Ignatieff

"I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism."

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"Patriotism is strong nationalistic feeling for a country whose borders and whose legitimacy and whose ethnic composition is taken for granted."

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"There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism."

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"Patriotism is the secret resource of a successful society."

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"Affirming belief that America is an exceptional nation has become a test of patriotism in American politics."

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"Genocide is not just a murderous madness; it is, more deeply, a politics that promises a utopia beyond politics - one people, one land, one truth, the end of difference. Since genocide is a form of political utopia, it remains an enduring temptation in any multiethnic and multicultural society in crisis."

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