“If the future remains uncertain, we know the past history of nationalism. And that should be sufficient to encourage a habit of watchful suspicion.” — Michael Billig Copy Share Image
“A banal mysticism, which is so banal that all the mysticism seems to have evaporated long ago, binds 'us' to the homeland - that special place which is more than a place, more than a geophysical area.” — Michael Billig Copy Share Image
“If the future remains uncertain, we know the past history of nationalism. And that should be sufficient to encourage a habit of watchful suspicion.” — Michael Billig Copy Share Image
“All societies that maintain armies maintain the belief that some things are more valuable than life itself.” — Michael Billig Copy Share Image
“Whatever the issue, there is always something else to be said, another voice to be heard.” — Michael Billig Copy Share Image
“A banal mysticism, which is so banal that all the mysticism seems to have evaporated long ago, binds 'us' to the homeland - that… — Michael Billig Copy Share Image
“The sports pages are men's pages, although they are not presented as such. /.../ On foreign fields, the men win their trophies, or lose… — Michael Billig Copy Share Image
“Only by being alone – by resisting the blandishments to become part of the crowd – can the young thinker develop to think independently.” — Michael Billig Copy Share Image
