Quotes About Nationalism

We need a wall or a sophisticated fence, as long as it secures our border.

Here is the difference, nationalism has a certain connotation in Europe, which is not necessarily positive, but I think in Asia, nationalism is seen very much as a sort of natural corollary to economic progress, almost like you're independent, you progress, you are prosperous and nationalism comes with all of that.

In its haste to bolster nationalism, in its obsession with security, Europe is losing its soul.

All people believe in America, jobs, creating energy here, not being dependent on foreign energy sources.

Those who liberated the South from Israel must show allegiance to Lebanon.

The choice is not normally between the north and south. It might be between Britain and Europe.

In May 1961, South Africa was to be declared a Nationalist Republic. There was a white referendum, but no African was consulted.

South Africa must come first in everything we do.

North Korea and South Korea speak the same language, and actually, we are the same country.

India is a proud and sovereign country. We do not take any decisions under pressure from the U.S. or any other power.

No state is free from militarism, which is inherent in the very concept of the sovereign state. There are merely differences of degree in the militarism of states.

There's a number of journalists and politicians who are interested in the rise of the National Front and the huge nationalist gathering, the movements that refuse the E.U. and want to go back to a Europe of nations, free and sovereign countries. I'm here to re-educate.

I would sacrifice peace in order to win sovereignty for Bosnia, but for that peace in Bosnia, I would not sacrifice sovereignty.

We must first and foremost defend Hungary's independence and sovereignty, and, if needed, we must regain it.

What belongs to our independence and national sovereignty, we will never give up.

You know, we do not want the militarization of Haiti. We do not see a Haitian as a protectorate where it relinquishes its own sovereignty.

It was in the 20th century that national sovereignty really ruled the roost, and the E.U. was formed to cure that.

Brexit was, at its heart, about democracy and sovereignty.

Every country wants to protect its athletes because it's ultimately Germany vs. Spain, America vs. China; sports are an extension of the government because of national pride.

When we were children, we were told that we have a motherland, and that motherland was Spain. However, we have discovered later, in our lives, that as a matter of fact, we have several motherlands. And one of the greatest motherlands of all is, no doubt, Africa.

Using the confirmation bias, these people will tell you that religion was horrible for mankind by counting deaths from the Inquisition and various religious wars. But they will not show you how many people were killed by nationalism, social science, and political theory under Stalinism or during the Vietnam War. Even

Using the confirmation bias, these people will tell you that religion was horrible for mankind by counting deaths from the Inquisition and various religious wars. But they will not show you how many people were killed by nationalism, social science, and political theory under Stalinism or during the Vietnam War.

Indeed, people tend to fool themselves with their self-narrative of "national identity," which, in a breakthrough paper in Science by sixty-five authors, was shown to be a total fiction. ("National traits" might be great for movies, they might help a lot with war, but they are Platonic notions that carry no empirical validity—yet, for example, both the English and the non-English erroneously believe in an English "national temperament.")

As Arnold had demonstrated, the real enemy was not Great Britain, but those Americans who sought to undercut their fellow citizens' commitment to one another.