Political utopias are a form of nostalgia for an imagined past projected onto the future as a wish. - Michael Ignatieff

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In terms of the 'S' word, that does not enter my mind. And it never has done. In terms of An Attempt. Because I am stronger than that. I might be a weak person, but I can take pain.

Michael Ignatieff

Political utopias are a form of nostalgia for an imagined past projected onto the future as a wish.

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