Quotes About Nationalism

Naturally, national unity and linguistic diversity have not always been seen to be compatible. Indians speaking one tongue have fought with Indians who speak another.

Rabindranath Tagore used the phrase in a letter to a friend in 1921, writing that '…the idea of India is against the intense consciousness of the separateness of one's own people from others, which inevitably leads to ceaseless conflicts.

The Madras journal, for its part, responded by printing a lyrical paean to the union of Kashmir with India. 'The blood of many a brave Tamilian, Andhra, Malayalee and Coorgi', it said, 'has soaked into the fertile soil of Kashmir and mixed with the blood of the Kashmiri patriots, cementing for ever the unity of the North and the South.

Identification with an ethnic or national community, with a religion, ideology, or any abstraction is nothing but a blood-soaked delusion.

I beg your pardon, sir, said the Frenchman. I am not a coloniser. Well, let's talk Algeria then. Let's talk about your culture and your celebrated writers.

It was part of your religion to hate the British.

Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage.

Cambodia is not going to be bought by anyone.

Canada's the best country in the world.

Canada is not Canada. We are not the country we think we are.

What is best for the Beauce is what is best for Canada.

We know that the international jihadi movement has declared war on Canada.

If there's a pro-Canadian, or someone who's a real proud Canadian, I am. Nobody in Canada would want a united Canada more than me.

Everything about Canada makes me proud to be Canadian.

You're always told in Canadian movies to make it look like the U.S. and people buy into the idea that that's the only way it'll work.

Why do Canadians sell themselves short? I've never been able to answer that question.

It's clear that the Green party loves Quebecers deeply. At the same time, we are Canadians!

I don't want to be Wall Street's candidate. I want to be Argentines' candidate.

The Syrians are trying to say that the Lebanese are not capable of ruling themselves.

My main capital isn't the money. I respect myself; I respect my country.

Americans want a strong military but one that is extremely cautious about getting involved in war.

Every country has things to be proud of and to celebrate.

To become world champions in our country would be with us to the end of our lives.

If somebody ask me to do something for my country, I will. If there's a world championship, I go.