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Nationalism Quotes


"Nations whose nationalism is destroyed are subject to ruin."


"Our first object is... the obtaining of sovereignty, assured by international law, over a portion of the globe sufficiently large to satisfy our just requirements."


"The times of Arab nationalism and unity are gone forever."


"Independence did not mean chauvinism and narrow nationalism."


"The only things that the United States has given to the world are skyscrapers, jazz, and cocktails. That is all. And in Cuba, in our America, they make much better cocktails."


"I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an emperor."


"We know that these clashes with Asia and Jewry are necessary for evolution."


"Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on his own dunghill."


"What is good for Germany is right, and everything that harms Germany is wrong."


"Jewish and Palestinian nationalism are virtually contemporaneous, and grew out of the disruptions that created new national movements from the ruins of the old empires / i."


"However British you may be, I am more British still."


"Today, Germany is on the borders of Europe everywhere."


"I don't think nationalism is alone holding the field; it's in contention with a lot of different things."


"The fortress of Europe with its frontiers must be held and will be held too, as long as is necessary."


"I would like to give it a name: it is the great fortress of Europe."


"Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect."


"We need American sources of resources, we need American energy, brought to you by American ingenuity and produced by American workers."


"Australians were unique due to our corals, our apples, our gum trees and our kangaroos."


"France cannot be France without greatness."


"I believe that nationalism is a very strong force, but there are other forces operating; there are tendencies pushing towards a larger picture, especially in Europe, I think; but I still think nationalism is real."
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