The E.U. is an organization that was created after the Second World War for calming down the nationalism of member states, and… — Norman Davies Copy Share Image
“The urge to lie is produced by the contradictions in our lives. We are made to declare love for our country, while… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language. — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
“Nationalism is an animal trait, not a human one - sacredness is a secular practice, not sectarian - culture is an act… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“No point in climbing the Everest while your heart is still a swamp, no point in Voyaging with Naskar while you carry… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Nationalism does nothing but teach you to hate people you never met, and to take pride in accomplishments you had no part… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
No other German writer of comparable stature has been a more extreme critic of German nationalism than Nietzsche. — Walter Kaufmann Copy Share Image
“Patriotism or Nationalism without reasoning is what I call “Nationalist Fundamentalism”, which is as dangerous as “Religious Fundamentalism”.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
There is Ontario patriotism, Quebec patriotism, or Western patriotism; each based on the hope that it may swallow up the others, but… — Henri Bourassa Copy Share Image
It is, of course, clear that a country with a large foreign population must endeavour, through its schools, to assimilate the children… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
We are all living together on a single planet, which is threatened by our own actions. And if you don't have some… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
When I hear of nationalism in my country today from the youngsters, I want to sit them down and tell them that… — Anubhav Sinha Copy Share Image
Current nationalism is merely the affirmation of the right of colonial elites to repeat historyand follow the road travelled by the rich… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
“So much barbarism, however, still remains in the transactions of most civilized nations, that almost all independent countries choose to assert their… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
I believe that nationalism is a very strong force, but there are other forces operating; there are tendencies pushing towards a larger… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
“Political or military commentators, like astrologers, can survive almost any mistake, because their more devoted followers do not look to them for… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“The world has a very serious problem, my friend' Shiva went on. 'Poor children still die by their millions. Westerners and the… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
“Communication between people of different nationalities enriches human society and makes it more colourful.. Imagine our Russian intellectuals, the kind, merry, perceptive… — Vasily Grossman Copy Share Image
“The original castle back in Edinburgh was the seat of Scottish nationalism. It symbolized everything to the diehard believers. Despite all the… — Peter F. Hamilton Copy Share Image
We must formulate, with both imagination and restraint, a new approach to the Middle East - not pressing our case so hard… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“I am the Fire of Yazd (Sonnet 2992-2993) I am the Fire of Yazd, I won't be extinguished by warring apes. I… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as [inherently] exceptional, whatever the motivation. There are big countries and small… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
These issues that exist among people that we are Iranian and what we need to do for Iran are not correct; these… — Ruhollah Khomeini Copy Share Image
“The humanitarian philosophies that have been developed (sometimes under some religious banner and invariably in the face of religious opposition) are human… — Harry Kroto Copy Share Image
“This two-track plan of nationalism and development (in China) is a historically powerful weapon.” — Patrick Mendis Copy Share Image
If nationalism makes us poor, weak, and morally insecure, how can it claim to be patriotic? I maintain that nationalists are unpatriotic. — Frans Timmermans Copy Share Image
Patriotism is (like) loving your family whether it is good or bad, while always striving to make it better. Nationalism simply insists… — Peter Jennings Copy Share Image
Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems. — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
A second characteristic of our time is the prevalence of nationalism. This is still spreading, affecting new communities, more peripheral regions and… — Emily Greene Balch Copy Share Image
If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Think of Europe in the 20th century. Two World Wars generated by nationalism. France, Germany, Britain fighting with each other. — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
“Madness is something rare in individuals — but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages, it is the rule.” — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
There are few virtues that the Poles do not possess and there are few errors they have ever avoided. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I think that the Brexit negotiations have to be a big thing that determines the democratic fight-back and galvanizes democratic Europe again… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
The fueling of anti-Turkish sentiment in Europe is resulting in an anti-European, indiscriminate nationalism in Turkey. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
... patriarchy creates megapatterns that affect us all--even as we forge different individual choices within them--just as do themegapatterns of nationalism or racism. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“The nationalist regrets the change; an ill-founded belief in the merits of purity blinds him to the virtues of the foreign and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Corporate nationalism to me is a little bit like what would have happened if Hitler had won. It's scary stuff. It's totalitarianism… — Lance Henriksen Copy Share Image
“Kati ya nchi yako na serikali yako ni kitu gani unakipenda zaidi? Ipende zaidi nchi yako, kuliko serikali yako!” — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
A good nationalism has to depend on a principle of the common people, on myths of a struggling commonality. — Andrew O'Hagan Copy Share Image