“Ever since I entered Parliament in January, people have been asking me: Why have you gone into politics? As in: “Are you nuts?” No, I’m not nuts. This is my country, after all.”

—  Michael Ignatieff

Canada in the World Speech, University of Ottawa (30 March 2006)

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