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Michael Ignatieff Quotes

What makes the United Nations an appropriate source of legitimacy for intervention is that it is the only place where the claims of the strong are put through the test of justification in front of the weak.

Michael Ignatieff

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: canadian
Birth: May 12, 1947

Topics

Strong Place Test Weak Source Where

I've been told by the BBC that if I make one more offensive remark, anywhere, at any time, I will be sacked. And even the angel Gabriel would struggle to survive with that hanging over his head. It's inevitable that one day, someone, somewhere will say that I've offended them, and that will be that.

Jeremy Clarkson

Time Day Struggle Angel Survive Say

Mitt Romney is a Mormon, and don't let anybody tell you otherwise. Even though he talks about Jesus as his Lord and savior, he is not a Christian. Mormonism is not Christianity. Mormonism is a cult.

Robert Jeffress

Christian You Tell Lord Cult Even

In other words, the people who populate my books are more than caricatures.

Jeffery Deaver

Words People More Books Who Than

The industrial revolution that defined the first half of the 20 century marked the start of modern business, typified by high-volume, large-scale organizations. Mechanization created a culture of business derived from the capabilities and needs of the time.

Steven Sinofsky

Business Time Culture Start First

For my first gig, I got $75. I could make money being funny, so I pursued it as a career and have turned it into a lucrative business.

Tracy Morgan

Funny Business Money Career First

At school, we'd studied the Romans and the Saxons, and I was fascinated by it all. So I made my dad take me to the British Museum as often as possible.

Tony Bradman

School Me Museum Possible British

I think like an actor when I'm acting, and I think like a director when I'm directing.

Roger Rees

Think Acting Actor Director Like

Watching National League pitchers trying to hit or even bunt is depressing.

Ron Blomberg

Trying Watching Depressing Even Hit

Borders are liminal spaces. Anyone worthy of the title of 'writer' is a border writer. We all are border people.

Luis Alberto Urrea

People Border Borders Worthy Writer

I'm not tired of who I am. That would be sad!

Diane von Furstenberg

Sad I Am Tired Would Who Am

The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about.

Christopher Lasch

Family Society Now Question Sides

When the wedding march sounds the resolute approach, the clock no longer ticks, it tolls the hour. The figures in the aisle are no longer individuals, they symbolize the human race.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Wedding March Race Clock Human Hour