Europe Quote by Douglas Murray

But the European Union does not have a concept of national identity. It was set up to abolish that idea, not to abolish German…

— Roger Scruton

Nationalism is not the awakening of nations to self-consciousness; it invents nations where they do not exist...

— Ernest Gellner

I don't believe in nationalism. I think it's a bunch of slogans. It's a bunch of poor attempts at creating pride. My problem with…

— Miguel Syjuco

Nationalism is war. - in arguing to strengthen the federal powers of the European Union

— Francois Mitterrand

America is a new country, and maybe patriotism helps Americans create unity, since it is a melting pot. But nationalism in Europe has a…

— Thomas Bangalter

There is a higher form of patriotism than nationalism, and that higher form is not limited by the boundaries of one's country; but by…

— Oscar Straus

In a global world, nationalism is a fantasy, and it's poison. It used to be appropriate, but it's not anymore, and we haven't learned…

— Tim Minchin

Nationalism is a central ideology for people who are trying to establish their own states in which they can play a dominant role.

— Samuel P. Huntington

In brief, nationalism is a theory of political legitimacy, which requires the ethnic boundaries should not be cut across political ones, and, in particular,…

— Ernest Gellner

We should recognize that nationalism does not mean discriminating against people of a different nationality. It simply means not allowing such people to seize…

— Sun Yat-sen

On the contrary. Internationalism also recognizes, by its very name, that nations do exist. It simply limits their scope more than one-sided nationalism does.

— Christian Lous Lange

Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as in the nation state, guarantees homogeneity and thus an…

— Ulrich Beck