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
Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some dont. – Todd Gitlin
I dont think anyone in the media thinks strategically about society. – Todd Gitlin
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
Broadcasters or politicians or writers who think that they are respecting Struggle Street, the battlers, by dumbing things down into one-line sound bites are not respecting them, they are treating them with contempt. Its our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them. – Malcolm Turnbull