Contempt Quote by Yukio Mishima

“A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and a common hatred of its neighbors.”

— William Ralph Inge

“A man who has conquered himself does not need to conquer others.”

— VD

“BORDERS, NATIONALISM and IDENTITY have always been the worst enemies of HUMANITY”

— Mouloud Benzadi

“No nation, whatever its power, can be called great when it imposes tyranny upon its citizens—worse, upon people it claims as its citizens, not”

— Ada Palmer

“...for a country is considered the more civilized the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too…

— Primo Levi

“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 existence of excessive nationalism is a symptom of a deeper problem in the collective consciousness, which is continually being exploited.”

— Bryant McGill

“The liberation of any nation begins in the mind of the people.”

— Henry Johnson Jr

“Being a nation means standing up to your equals, whereas being an empire only means kicking your inferiors.”

— G.K. Chesterton

“What people discard could make a nation”

— Don DeLillo

“Nation after nation, when at the zenith of its power, has proclaimed itself invincible because its army could shake the earth with its tread…

— William Jennings Bryan

“Nations, like individuals, have been always disposed from interest or vanity to forget their day of small things; like individuals, too, they have always…

— Hutcheson Macaulay Posnett