“Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't.”

“The only people available to change the world are the people now living in it, with all the beliefs they bring along - however retrograde those beliefs may appear to those of us who see ourselves as enlightened.”

“The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to be fought - at least by Americans - in the name of a wise, honourable and democratic patriotism.”

“Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't.”

“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.”

“Navigation is power of a limited sort - it enables us to manage the immensity of the media torrent.”