I don't for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of the 2000 election in the US and say that electoral politics doesn't matter any more, and that Ralph Nader was right when he said there… — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into profitability. It converts desire into attention, a grip on… — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
All I will say is that there are particular features of the American constitutional system that renders a third party futile - at best. — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
Human inertia makes the everyday environment, the furniture, as it were, appear to be a given. — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
I first came to think about media and politics in the late 1960s, having observed some distortions up close, but since then I wouldn't… — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
I don't for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of the 2000 election in the US and say that… — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
Right now, we have no possibility of politics because we have a one-party state. — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to be fought - at least by Americans - in… — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
Navigation is power of a limited sort - it enables us to manage the immensity of the media torrent. — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
My book is focused on the power of the American state, not least because the government of the United States governs so much that… — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
Mills insisted that a sociologist's proper subject was the intersection of biography and history. — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
Sure, I've often been misrepresented - anyone frequently quoted has this experience. — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
So every day I'm mindful as I watch the Bush crowd extend their sway into policies of every imaginable variety, and over almost every… — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't. — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
