If I Am Not Elected, I Imagine

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.

You're Never Really Out Of Politics.

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."

The Disagreeable Reality For Those Who Believe In Human Rights Is That There Are Some Occasions-and Iraq May Be One Of Them-when War Is The Only Real Remedy For Regimes That Live By Terror.

How Do You Keep War Accountable To The American People When War Becomes Invisible And Virtual?