Degrees Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt

A passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils

— George Washington

Passionate attachment to another nation produces a variety of evils... the illusion of common interests where no real common interests exist; adopting the enmities…

— George Washington

It seems we are capable of immense love and loyalty, and as capable of deceit and atrocity. It's probably this shocking ambivalence that makes…

— John Scott

The feeling of patriotism - It is an immoral feeling because, instead of confessing himself a son of God . . . or even…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Sociologically speaking, as Americans we often lack social, cultural, and mindful awareness. We hear the stories of how our arrogance has been known to…

— Susan C. Young

People are people the world over. Some are good, some bad, some greedy and some generous. Nations are like people and act the same…

— George Aiken

It is a rude feeling, because it is natural only to people standing on the lowest level of morality, and expecting from other nations…

— Leo Tolstoy

Another nation is made out to be utterly depraved and fiendish, while one's own nation stands for everything that is good and noble. Every…

— Erich Fromm

No quality of human nature is more remarkable, both in itself and in its consequences, than that propensity we have to sympathize with others,…

— David Hume

“The Nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to…

— George Washington

The selfish spirit of commerce, which knows no country, and feels no passion or principle but that of gain.

— Thomas Jefferson

What sort of love is this love that we have for countries? What sort of country is it that will ever live up to…

— Arundhati Roy