Quotes About Nationalism

That is our dilemma in Poland. We don't like to be ruled by the East.

For me, running against the Poles and Czechs would be like running against high school kids. And I hate all this gung-ho, run-for-the-red-white-and-blue attitude that the AAU spouts. If that's important to some people, fine, more power to 'em. But, damn it, I wish they'd leave me alone to do what I want to do - run against the best.

I always needle a bit when people say I'm a champion of the Poles, because I've always had a very multinational view of Poland.

President Donald Trump's policies are not global but inward-looking.

I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.

I don't hate the Chinese. We're brothers, and we share a border. I just hate the government, politicians, policies, not the people.

At different times my children went to Polish, British, and American schools, and they learned about 'the nation' in all of them.

Immigration is the most explosive issue I've seen in my political career.

The shortcomings of America's political leaders do not stop at our borders.

I honestly believe that we are Arizonans and Americans first, not merely advocates for our respective political parties.

There is no such thing as several Romanias, but only politicians who divide Romania depending on the interests of their parties and their clout.

Many Americans remain very interested in royal goings-on in general, and not just because of their soap-opera appeal. To a greater degree than any other polity, Britain functions as Americans' defining 'other.'

Americans did not want to see a Mexican become more popular in boxing than Muhammad Ali.

Only in a popular war against France... do I see a misfortune.

No one is attacking Islam, as such. We accept that there is a large French-born Islamic population in France who have a right to be here. The FN is not a racist or Islamophobic party.

The population of Hindus is 100 crore. So obviously India is a Hindu Rashtra.

You have a very large population of hackers in Eastern Europe in general and Russia especially. A lot of them consider themselves patriotic individuals and will take broad direction from government policies.

I think the Brexit vote in Great Britain informing this populist movement of nationalism is kind of a global thing, and I think it's no particular political party's fault. People have been left behind, and in America, we're used to going forward. It's always like we're going to be better; the next generation's going to be better.

The thing is, it's much easier to be a rightwing populist than a leftwing one, because the left always have to explain why things are the way they are. The right can just blame the foreigners.

We, Portuguese, make this country very big.

Mexican immigration poses challenges to our policies and to our identity in a way nothing else has in the past.

I never thought about positions. All I wanted in life was to play for the country.

No ifs, no buts - we will not share the pound if Scotland separates from the U.K.

If people can just pour into the country illegally, you don't have a country.