Libya Quote by Hisham Matar Download Open image ““Nationalism is as thin as a thread, perhaps that's why many feel it must be anxiously guarded”” — Hisham Matar ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Libya Patriotism
“The existence of excessive nationalism is a symptom of a deeper problem in the collective consciousness, which is continually being exploited.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“Nationalism is relativist, since the only truth is the resentment we feel when we contemplate others.” — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
“If there was one ideological rationale that had broad appeal, it was nationalism, which for many boiled down to a fervent desire to be… — Mark Bowden 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
“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
“nationalism promises that whoever dies for the nation will for ever live in its collective memory. Yet this promise is so fuzzy that even… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“In modern times, nationalism is the most copious and durable source of mass enthusiasm, and that nationalist fervor must be tapped if the drastic… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“Patriotism is wanting what is best for your country. Nationalism is thinking your country is best, no matter what it does.” — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“Patriotic duty and the disease of nationalism lure us to deny our common humanity” — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
“Nationalism is a form of cultural self-centeredness, and as a collective thought-form, can only exist because the dominant in-group is itself comprised of self-centered… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
There and then, sitting beside her and within the strength of my adoration, I felt invincible. — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
To be okay with not knowing is a sign of a mature person and a mature society. — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
“History remembers Mussolini as the buffoonish Fascist, the ineffective silly man of Italy who led a lame military campaign in the Second World War,… — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
Language is not just a code; you are writing into its history, into its tides. — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
My parents were fairly laid-back, but there were certain things about which they were very strict. My brother and I were told never to… — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
I am terribly interested in the paragraph: the paragraph as an object, the construction, and the possibilities of what a paragraph can do. — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
My parents left Libya in 1979, escaping political repression, and settled in Cairo. I was nine. — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
Libyans are deeply unsettled by Gaddafi and his regime's careless contempt for human life. The dictatorship is willing to employ any methods necessary to… — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
My best hope is that Libya turns into a peaceful, sensible country that has all the things my father and lots of others have… — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
Season of Migration to the North, by Tayeb Salih, is an eloquent and restrained portrait of one man's exile. It is a rare narrative… — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
There's more than 1700 emails out of the thirty three thousand Hillary Clinton emails that we've published, just about Libya. It's not that Libya… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
And also I think the rise of other, you could say, destinations for international jihadis mean that Pakistan isn't necessarily the place where people… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I'm going to be specific so you can render your verdict. Let's go to North Africa, she was the chief engineer of the disastrous… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
Iran, Libya and Syria are irresponsible states, which must be disarmed of weapons of mass destruction, and a successful American move in Iraq as… — Ariel Sharon Copy Share Image
We put our fingers in the eyes of those who doubt that Libya is ruled by anyone other than its people. — Muammar al-Gaddafi Copy Share Image
I mean, you can agree or disagree with Iraq or Afghanistan, but by the way, now the great campaigning cause out there is the… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
China gets their oil from Libya. Why isn't China involved? They're going out spending billions of dollars a day on trying to take over… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I believe that we were not as effective in the second term dealing with this issue of nuclear none proliferation as we had been… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
The international community would like to see an agreement in Libya before Ramadan, let me be very cautious about the possibilities for an agreement. — Bernardino Leon Copy Share Image
Interesting enough, we had a reunion of the 12 of us who graduated, right? The only one who wasn't there was the guy who… — Peter Jurasik Copy Share Image
My mum is bright, ambitious, well read, political and very bolshie: when my dad was conscripted into the Army and posted to Libya, she… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
Women in the Arab world have a rich history in their active participation in political change from the Algeria revolution against the French occupation… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image