Bali Quote by Sukarno

“When the country’s founding fathers declared independence from Dutch colonists in 1945, the declaration read, in its entirety: ‘We, the people of Indonesia, hereby…

— Elizabeth Pisani

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

Nationalism is inspired by the highest ideals of the human race, satyam [the true], shivam [the god], sundaram [the beautiful]. Nationalism in India has…

— Subhas Chandra Bose

It is nationalism which engenders nations, and not the other way round.

— Ernest Gellner

“Indonesia has vast region with so many islands, comprises so many ethnics, tongues and cultures that make it so hard to be recognized as…

— Toba Beta

Here is the difference, nationalism has a certain connotation in Europe, which is not necessarily positive, but I think in Asia, nationalism is seen…

— Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

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

— Ernest Gellner

Nationalism is the measels of mankind.

— Albert Einstein

“The word 'Indonesia' was first manufactured in 1850 in the form 'Indu-nesians' by the English traveler and social observer George Samuel Windsor Earl. He…

— R.E. Elson

Everyone with all those good intentions came to help Indonesia rebuild from the tsunami; but the co-ordination problem was very big, because they came…

— Sri Mulyani Indrawati

“Nationalism may begin with ideas among the elite but its propagation involves having mass support. Initially, anti-colonial”

— Romila Thapar