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Quotes About Nationalism

Rizal's greatest misfortune is being national hero of the Philippines.
~ Ambeth Ocampo
War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.
~ Ambrose Bierce
Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen.
~ Ambrose Bierce
Immigrant: An unenlightened person who thinks one country better than another.
~ Ambrose Bierce
Patriotism deliberately and with folly aforethought subordinates the interests of a whole to the interests of a part.
~ Ambrose Bierce
ARMY, n. A class of non-producers who defend the nation by devouring everything likely to tempt an enemy to invade.
~ Ambrose Bierce
Patriotism is fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave and blind as a stone.
~ Ambrose Bierce
IMMIGRANT, n. An unenlightened person who thinks one country better than another.
~ Ambrose Bierce
One must keep a close eye on the current definitions. To be unpatriotic would be terrible. To be patriotic in the wrong way could be fatal.
~ Joe Abercrombie
There's nothing unpatriotic about the truth," muttered Leo, wondering whether there might be.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Ten pojeb chce, ?eby ka?dy dzie? by? Bo?ym Narodzeniem, ale ja mu, kurwa, urz?dz? Dzie? Niepodleg?o?ci.
~ Joe Hill
Elam is one of the ancient names of Iran, just like Persia. The passage tells us that in the last days, God will scatter the people of Iran all over the earth. For many centuries, this seemed impossible because we Persians are such a proud and nationalistic people. But as incredible as it was, this prophecy actually began to come to pass in 1979.
~ Joel C. Rosenberg
I'm so patriotic, I think every British kid should have a chance to grow up to be our head of state.
~ Johann Hari
A true German can't stand the French,Yet willingly he drinks their wines.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death.
~ Bao Dai
If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I would steep myself in America, I would know no other land.
~ Henry James
I hate it when they say, ?He gave his life for his country.? They don?t die for the honor and glory of their country. We kill them.
~ Gene La Rocque
You know, in each segment of ex-Yugoslavia, multi-ethnic life is lost, except I think we somehow still have this in Serbia.
~ Emir Kusturica
The development of the national spirit in its present form leads into blind alleys. Some condition must be found which preserves the life of the nation, but rules out the fatal rivalry among nations.
~ Kathe Kollwitz
next to of course god america ilove you land of the pilgrims' and so forth
~ e. e. cummings
"I will not kiss your f.ing flag"
~ e. e. cummings
As an instance of an intended act, Napoleon emancipated the Jews; as an instance of an unintended act which manifested the "cunning of reason," Napoleon created German nationalism by the very act of abolishing the Holy Roman Empire.
~ E. Michael Jones
The French never allow a distinguished son of France to lack a statue.
~ E. V. Lucas
Patriotism knows neither latitude nor longitude. It is not climatic.
~ E.A. Storrs