Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't. - Todd Gitlin 1 Share Now -
Navigation is power of a limited sort - it enables us to manage the immensity of the media torrent. - Todd Gitlin 2 Share Now -
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. - Todd Gitlin 3 Share Now -
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. - Todd Gitlin 4 Share Now -
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 5 Share Now -
