Australia Quote by Geoffrey Blainey Download Open image “Nationalism is both a vital medicine and a dangerous drug” — Geoffrey Blainey ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Australia Dangerous Dangerous Drug Dangerous drugs Drug Medicine Medicine Dangerous Nationalism Nationalism Vital Patriotism Vital Medicine Wisdom
Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Nationalism ... is like cheap alcohol. First it makes you drunk, then it makes you blind, then it kills you. — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
My nationalism, fierce though it is, is not exclusive, is not devised to harm any nation or individual. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Nationalism is like alcoholism: a short period of exaltation followed by a long period of headaches. — Frans Timmermans Copy Share Image
It's not always clear where a healthy patriotism shades into a dangerous nationalism. — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
It is nationalism which engenders nations, and not the other way round. — Ernest Gellner Copy Share Image
Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems. — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Is not nationalism - that devotion to a flag, an anthem, a boundary so fierce it engenders mass murder - one of the great… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“In the history of warfare, a succession of bold ideas and weapons had promised to curb the tyranny of distance. The horse and the… — Geoffrey Blainey Copy Share Image
I am not superwoman. The reality of my daily life is that I am juggling a lot of balls in the air? And sometimes… — Geoffrey Blainey Copy Share Image
“For a time the phrase tyranny of distance was anchored rather than airborne. There was only an occasional sign that it would acquire a… — Geoffrey Blainey Copy Share Image
“Australia's distance from Europe was probably only tolerable because it had strategic commodities which England, threatened by changing European alliances, might some day be… — Geoffrey Blainey Copy Share Image
Immigration is everyone’s business: it is one of the most important national issues. The idea that it is too dangerous to be debated is… — Geoffrey Blainey Copy Share Image
We forget that the nineteenth century often turned work into sport. We, in contrast, often turn sport into work. — Geoffrey Blainey Copy Share Image
“The magnitude of these shattering changes can perhaps be grasped by imagining that the invasion had been in the reverse direction and that the… — Geoffrey Blainey Copy Share Image
“Much of Australia's history had been shaped by the contradiction that it depended intimately and comprehensively on a country which was further away that… — Geoffrey Blainey Copy Share Image
I've always been of the idea that is doesn't really matter where you are geographically - with 'Lonerism,' we made half the album in… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I wanted to have a peaceful married life with my wife, so we both moved to Sydney in Australia. — Rahul Roy Copy Share Image
It will be nice to play against Australia. It's a great country, and football is getting bigger and bigger. — Juan Mata Copy Share Image
I think that prosecuting some college kid because she shared a file is a lot like sending somebody to Australia 200 years ago for… — Iggy Pop Copy Share Image
Sydney CBD is the eastern city, Parramatta is the central city and Badgerys will be the third city in greater Sydney. — Gladys Berejiklian Copy Share Image
No matter what day we celebrate Australia Day, let's celebrate it together and give thanks to the original inhabitants of this vast country. We… — Jimmy Barnes Copy Share Image
As a young kid you stay up late to watch the Ashes, getting told off for not being in bed, and dream of making… — Jonny Bairstow Copy Share Image
I love coming out to Australia, if it weren't so far away I would go all the time. I've worked with a lot of… — Erick Morillo Copy Share Image
What I appreciated was the fact that the script delved into how Australians were - and still are - condescended to by the English. — Geoffrey Rush Copy Share Image
Okay the names 360, I run around tipsy. My fellas in Australia all sit with me. — 360 Copy Share Image
