Parochialism Quote by Patrick Kavanagh

We're not parochial people.

— Dave Myers

No patriotism is genuine that is merely partisan or provincial.

— William Rainey Harper

“When individuals and communities do not govern self, they risk being ruled by external forces that care less about the well-being of the village.”

— T.F. Hodge

“Prejudice comes from insecurity and its spiritually infantile need of belonging.”

— Bryant McGill

“dependency harms culture. People thrive the more they can be self-reliant.”

— Wesley J. Smith

“The periphery of a place can tell us a great deal about its heartland. Along the edge of a nation's territory, its real prejudices,…

— Derek Lundy

“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

“Patriotism is most often nothing more but an extension of individual egoism”

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“Fellow-feeling. . .is the most important factor in producing a healthy political and social life. Neither our national nor our local civic life can…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“Self-governing cultures both inspire alignment and eject elements that don't fit in.”

— Dov Seidman

“We are pastorally-focused, not politically driven. We are relationally-focused, not program driven. We are discipleship-focused, not change driven. We are partnership-focused, not empire driven.”

— Wendy Vanderwal-Gritter

There is Ontario patriotism, Quebec patriotism, or Western patriotism; each based on the hope that it may swallow up the others, but there is…

— Henri Bourassa