Nationalism Quotes

“World first and forever, nation never.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Devolution will kill Nationalism stone dead

— George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

“My flag is world flag.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Nationalism is the measels of mankind.

— Albert Einstein

I'm troubled. I'm dissatisfied. I'm Irish.

— Marianne Moore

Nationalism, like virtue, has its own reward.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“War is the currency of political power.”

— Abhijit Naskar

One of the great attractions of patriotism

— Aldous Huxley

We have a secret weapon...it is called Nationalism

— Ho Chi Minh

“C" is for colonies Rightly we boast that of all the great nations Great Britain has most!”

— Mrs. Ernest Ames

The drive toward economic nationalism is only part of the general revival of nationalism.

— Arthur Henderson

People who enjoy waving flags don't deserve to have one

— Banksy

I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism.

— Michael Ignatieff

Turkish football serves the cause of nationalism, but not of the nation.

— Orhan Pamuk

When you forcefully suppress religious nationalism, you radicalize it.

— Reza Aslan

No nation keeps another in subjection without herself turning into a subject nation.

— Mahatma Gandhi

When you hear Americans talk about American exceptionalism, American exceptionalism is American nationalism at play.

— John Mearsheimer

The negative aspects of Scottish Nationalism are a kind of aggressive complacency, that sort of boasting; but that's an expression of insecurity,…

— Douglas Dunn

My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning. I wanted my death to be something the people could…

— Huey Newton

White nationalism is about keeping power white. Yes, yes, there are minority groups represented among Justin Trudeau's ministers, but they were all…

— Neil Macdonald

African nationalism is meaningless, dangerous, anachronistic, if it is not, at the same time, pan-Africanism.

— Anonymous

...and I quote...A nation's interactions towards other nations are reflected on how they create their movies...It may sound a little absurd, but…

— Rizzi Vicci

Americans are like a rich father who wishes he knew how to give his son the hardships that made him rich.

— Robert Frost

“If he is weak enough to grow smaller to fit himself to his covering, then it becomes a process of gradual suicide…

— Tagore Rabindranath

The very notion of Great Britain's 'greatness' is bound up with empire. Euro-scepticism and Little Englander nationalism could hardly survive if people…

— Stuart Hall

“We shall achieve more by blasting politicians into space, than by blasting satellites to other planets. They'll leave earth as warmongers, and…

— Abhijit Naskar

How many thousands of [lives] are there every year that comes cast away, (in all civilized countries at least)--and consider'd asnothing but…

— Laurence Sterne

Nationalism has two fatal charms for its devotees: It presupposes local self-sufficiency, which is a pleasant and desirable condition, and it suggests,…

— E. B. White

No matter what you think of him otherwise, there are no two ways about it - Narayana Murthy is inextricably linked to…

— Barkha Dutt

“Consumerism and nationalism work extra hours to make us imagine that millions of strangers belong to the same community as ourselves, that…

— Yuval Noah Harari

I don't criticise anybody, but I just don't understand religion. Like I don't understand nationalism. These are the two things that cause…

— Hugh Masekela

The term 'alt-left' sprang up long after the term 'alt-right,' which was coined in 2010 by white supremacist Richard Spencer, and defined…

— Elizabeth Flock

“Nationalism is the belief that no matter what one’s country does—whether racist, homophobic, sexist, xenophobic, or the like—it must be supported and…

— Michael Eric Dyson

“What matters is the need to move from the rigidity of national stereotypes towards something more truly human; what matters is to…

— Vasily Grossman

“I thought I was getting away from politics for a while. But I now realise that the vuvuzela is to these World…

— Richard Calland

“How to Train Your Head of State (The Sonnet) We shall achieve more by blasting politicians into space, than by blasting satellites…

— Abhijit Naskar

“Nationalism appeals to our tribal instincts, to passion and to prejudice, and to our nostalgic desire to be relieved from the strain…

— Karl R. Popper

The great works belong to no one nation, no one cultural tradition even. They are universal.I want an Australian vision of arts…

— George Brandis

“All cultures seem to find a slightly alien local population to carry the Hermes projection. For the Vietnamese it is the Chinese,…

— Lewis Hyde

“We are asking if thought can be aware of itself. That is rather a complex question, and requires very careful observation. Thought…

— J. Krishnamurti