Quotes About Nationalism

He pushed his two feet together and shot his right arm in the air before clicking his two heels together and saying in a deep and clear voice as possible the words he said every time he left a soldiers presence. 'Heil Hitler,' he said, which, he presumed, was another way of saying, 'Well, goodbye for now, have a pleasant afternoon'.

I love my country better than my family; but I love humanity better than my country.

A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.

No nation has friends only interests.

National prosperity is another name for death and degradation to millions of other races.

England! awake! awake! awake! Jerusalem thy sister calls! Why wilt thou sleep the sleep of death And close her from thy ancient walls?

When I die, I desire no better winding sheet than the Stars and Stripes, and no softer pillow than the Constitution of my country.

My stiffest earthly assignment is ended and my major life's work is done. My country is now free and I have been honoured to be its first indigenous head of state. What more could one desire in life?

My tendency to idealize Western civilization arises from my nationalistic desire to use the West in order to reform China. But this has led me to overlook the flaws of Western culture.

I see Canada as a country torn between a very northern, rather extraordinary, mystical spirit which it fears and its desire to present itself to the world as a Scotch banker.

My ardent desire is... to keep the United States free from political connexions with every other Country. To see that they may be independent of all, and under the influence of none.

You perceive, do you not, that our national fairy tales reflect the inmost desires of the Briton and the Gaul?

I don't think it is wrong, racist, immoral or anything, for a country to say 'we will decide what the cultural identity and the cultural destiny of this country will be and nobody else'.

Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that we have one country, one constitution, one destiny.

There are too many black players. Italy has no dignity, no pride.

If England was what England seems, An not the England of our dreams, But only putty, brass, an' paint, 'Ow quick we'd chuck 'er! But she ain't!

Without patriotic political education, a soldier is only a potential criminal.

The United States will eventually fly the Communist red flag…The American people will hoist it themselves.

In England, we're arrogant to everything else.

I love being from the States and having that pride. But at the same time, there is a lot of expectation.

We also thought of ourselves in racial and largely ethnic terms.

Lebanon first.

I will play for my country until my legs won't allow it or the national coach doesn't call me.

We do not accept lessons on rights or humanity from Mr. Macron.