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289 Nationalism quotes by 231 unique authors
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In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted.
— William Ralph Inge
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Courage without conscience is a wild beast.
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts.
— Mick Jagger
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Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any…
— John F. Kennedy
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The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him…
— Bob Marley
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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
— W. Somerset Maugham
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Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
— Guy de Maupassant
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The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher…
— George McGovern
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We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
— Golda Meir
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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
— H. L. Mencken
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
— H. L. Mencken
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It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me.
— Ho Chi Minh
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I'm really not big on nationalism, to be honest with you. I really don't think it gets people anywhere except near a pile of dead…
— Dylan Moran
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We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
— Edward R. Murrow
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Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.
— George Jean Nathan
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People aren't really afraid of my views. They are just afraid of the word 'nationalism.'
— Alexei Navalny
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Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
— Jawaharlal Nehru
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You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can't jail the Revolution.
— Huey Newton
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A good nationalism has to depend on a principle of the common people, on myths of a struggling commonality.
— Andrew O'Hagan
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Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.
— George Orwell
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Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and…
— Blaise Pascal
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Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressiveness that spares no one. The challenge that is already…
— Pope John Paul II
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In its haste to bolster nationalism, in its obsession with security, Europe is losing its soul.
— Tariq Ramadan
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To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and…
— Herbert Read
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The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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