If I want to transform patriotism then I do not proceed in…

We can hardly expect the nation-state to make itself superfluous, at least not overnight. Rather what we must aim for is really nothing more…

— Henry Morgenthau, Jr

The Nation State as such is totally a construction: what we feel for it in terms of habits, traditions, countryside or nature could exist…

— Janne Teller

“Nationalism always preserved this initial intimate loyalty to the government and never quite lost its function of preserving a precarious balance between nation and…

— Hannah Arendt

The current nation-state model is the product of thousands of years of political, social, and cultural evolution. I mean, it was only recently -…

— Stephen Miller

“Despite proclamations and forecasts to the contrary, neither the nation-state nor the international system of states is dead in the new millennium. What has…

— Brigid Starkey

“To be independent, a nation state must be able to control its energy source.”

— John Coleman

Sport's always political and here it's more complex because we're a nation without a state.

— Joan Laporta

In reality, Afghanistan has functioned as a nation-state for more than two centuries, and its army and bureaucracy reach back to the 19th century.

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

“Faster than all but a few now imagine, microprocessing will subvert and destroy the nation-state, creating new forms of social organization in the process.”

— James Dale Davidson

Out of the chaos of post-Roman Dark Age Britain, the English had created the world's first nation-state: One king, one country, one church, one…

— David Starkey

I think we have to understand that the nation-state became powerful in the wake of the French Revolution, whereas the nation-state has become powerless…

— Grace Lee Boggs

The real issue is control. The Internet is too widespread to be easily dominated by any single government. By creating a seamless global economic…

— John Perry Barlow

“The nation-state at best is based on the social contract that is also an emotional contract, stamped by the charisma of the past.” —SVETLANA…

— Brian Alexander

Basically, I see Iran as an authentic nation-state. And that authentic identity gives it cohesion, which most of the Middle East lacks.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

“Well, in my view what would ultimately be necessary would be a breakdown of the nation-state system―because I think that's not a viable system.…

— Noam Chomsky