Quotes About Nationalism

Why four great powers should fight over Serbia no fellow can understand.

The 1890s was an intensely patriotic decade for Americans. It was a time of neo-imperialism, when the European powers and the United States were establishing their flags around the globe.

I firmly believe that Scotland's place is in the U.K., and I do not believe in powers for power's sake.

When we were told Brexit meant taking back powers for Parliament, no one told my constituents this meant the French parliament and the German parliament, not our own.

On the island of Ireland the issue of the border is more than just a practical issue; it is about emotion, history and politics.

I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.

We are a jingoistic nation - whether it is politics or films or whatever. We can posthumously shower praises and accolades on people, but when they are alive, we don't bother about them. A classic case is Om Puri.

I love England. I live and work here. My children have grown up here. I see no conflict between this and praying that my countrymen in Scotland never have to live another day under Conservative rule from London.

But The Same Sea is set precisely in this Israel, which never makes it to the news headlines anywhere. It is a novel about everyday people far removed from fundamentalism, fanaticism nationalism, or militancy of any sort.

Before they became Americans, most white inhabitants of the 13 colonies considered themselves British. It was predictable, therefore, that they would lust after empire, because this was exactly what their counterparts on the other side of the Atlantic also did.

Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy.

I would prefer being in a hard battle; however, I will be satisfied with whatever happens to me in this war, if only the country comes out of this peril safe and to the satisfaction of the finest and best government on earth.

I have always said being part of the team and winning a medal for my country was my first preference.

I will play with anyone for my country. I may have my personal preferences, but such preferences have never come in the way of playing for India.

We would like to preserve Europe for Europeans.

Fidesz's different air and its own culture must be preserved.

President Biden should put Americans First.

I think Americans are not guilty for 9/11; I think President Bush is not guilty for 9/11.

I agree with President Trump that we should have an America First trade policy.

President Trump is mentally incapable of imagining the humanity of anyone who looks different from him or hails from a different nation.

President Trump has demonstrated to Russia that he means what he says about putting 'America First.'

Nigel Farage, the leader of the U.K. Independence Party, is a true populist; Senator Bernie Sanders, the former U.S. presidential candidate who campaigned for Hillary Clinton after losing his battle for the Democratic Party's nomination, is not.

We Americans think quite highly of ourselves, and nothing makes us think more of ourselves than our romantic view of our presidents.

England is a fairly envious little country and it's embodied in the press. They don't like anyone being more distinguished than they are.