Quote by Todd Gitlin
I dont for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate

I dont for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of the 2000 election in the US and say that electoral politics doesnt matter any more, and that Ralph Nader was right when he said there is no difference between the two parties. – Todd Gitlin

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My position is not that John Kerry is either Jesus Christ or the prophet Mohammad. My position is that John Kerry is the possibility of restarting politics. – Todd Gitlin

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Politics
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There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made, between patriotism, which is attachment to a way of life, and nationalism, which is the insistence that your way of life deserves to rule over other ways of life. – Todd Gitlin

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I first came to think about media and politics in the late 1960s, having observed some distortions up close, but since then I wouldnt say that my personal experience has remained an important motive for my writing about media. – Todd Gitlin

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Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is. – Mahatma Gandhi

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I dont find music being less important than, like, politics. – Kurt Loder

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The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. – Dante Alighieri

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I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which there would no longer be any stages for actors to act on. – Helen Gahagan

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