509 Quotes About Nationalism

What this world needs is a new kind of patriotism - patriotism not for a nation or religion or ideology - but for the whole of humankind.

Nationalism is a global pandemic.

The whole purpose of propaganda is to make the obvious seem obscure, or offensive

No other German writer of comparable stature has been a more extreme critic of German nationalism than Nietzsche.

It’s time we take the leap across the infectious carcass of nationalism and rise as patriots of humanity - as patriots of a planet and not of any nation, religion or language. And you can take that leap, only if you have an indomitable sense of oneness with all of humankind.

You might wonder that I who who have served you in the field of diplomacy should set so much store by the power of nationalism. This is because I know from personal experience that in order to become an effective internationalist, one must strive to be a good nationalist. To be a worthy citizen of the world one must first prove himself to be a good Filipino.

I pledge allegiance to Nothing and to the freedom for which it stands.

No philosophy is cheaper or more vulgar than that which traces all history to diversities of ethnological type and blend, and is ever presenting the venal Greek, the perfidious Sicilian, the proud and indolent Spaniard, the economical Swiss, the vain and vivacious Frenchman.

Nationalism is what makes some people think they are better than others and just as often inspires delusions of superiority.