“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...”

“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.”

“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 a...”

“With a few exceptions, the media have phrased the past five months as a contest of wills between Bush and Saddam Hussein, not as a moment of deragement between two armed madmen willing to order the...”

“Music itself was color-blind but the media and the radio stations segregate it based on their perceptions of the artists.”

“The mediastenographers to power.”

“O pilot! 'tis a fearful night There's danger on the deep.”

“Oh I am a cook and a captain bold And the mate of the Nancy brig And a bo'sun tight and a midshipmate And the crew of the captain's gig.”

“Thus I steer my bark and sail On even keel with gentle gale.”

“What we do belongs to what we are and what we are is what becomes of us. ”

“None of Us is as Good as All of Us.”

“Each one of us is an outlet to God and an inlet to God.”