509 Quotes About Nationalism

Ten responsible and rational young citizens are sufficient to clean up the mess of a thousand old superstitious citizens.

Everybody knows that the world lacks harmony, but the question is, what do they do about it - all they do is talk, talk and talk, without realizing. It's of no use to talk of harmony, you must live harmony - and to live harmony, you must abandon all barriers that keep you from it, including those that you hold most dear.

Sovereignty is injurious to humankind. We can either have sovereignty or harmony, not both - we can either have sovereignty or universal acceptance, not both - we can either have sovereignty or humanity, not both. As long as we think in terms of sovereign nations, we can never have a serene planet.

Now is the time that patriotism gains a wider and more inclusive meaning in the collective psyche of the human species. Now is the time that every human on earth becomes patriotic, not towards his or her nation, but towards the entire humankind.

Blind nationalism is a threat to every nation on this planet.

It is only when all the peoples of all countries grow together holding hands in harmony and not pointing guns at each other in hatred, that we can really advance in the path of progress as one species.

Sectarianism is tribalism, be it religious, political, ethnic, educational or any other form.

Feed them a few lies encapsulated in patriotism and they will not mind electing even a pompous and megalomaniacal bully as their representative.

The fundamentalists take pride in the exclusive supremacy of their own scriptures, the nationalists take pride in the exclusive greatness of their own national heritage, the so-called intellectuals take pride in the exclusive glory of their own field of work. And pride in one thing inadvertently brings along either subconscious or conscious condescension towards all other things belonging to other people.