95 Nationalism Quotes

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Famous Nationalism Quotes

Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception. — George Orwell

All of nationalism can be understood as a kind of collective narcissism. — Geoff Mulgan

Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems. — Reinhold Niebuhr

Nationalism is like cheap alcohol. First it makes you drunk, then it makes you blind, then it kills you. — Daniel Fried

I loathe nationalism. It is a form of tribalism--the idolatry of the 20th century. — Cornel West

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first. — Charles De Gaulle

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. - Albert Einstein

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. — Albert Einstein

We have a secret weapon...it is called Nationalism - Ho Chi Minh

We have a secret weapon...it is called Nationalism — Ho Chi Minh

The love for our native land strengthens our individual and national character. — Alexander Hamilton

Hand in hand with nationalist economic isolationism, militarism struggles to maintain the sovereign state against the forward march of internationalism. — Christian Lous Lange

Short Nationalism Quotes

  • The preservation of freedom, is not the task of soldiers alone. The whole nation has to be strong. — Lal Bahadur Shastri
  • The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness. — Marcus Garvey
  • The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. — Mahatma Gandhi
  • If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under. — Ronald Reagan
  • When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers. — John Calvin
  • No nation has the right to make decisions for another nation; no people for another people. — Julius Nyerere
  • Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech. — Benjamin Franklin
  • No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you. — Muhammad Ali Jinnah
  • The shots that hit me are the last nails to the coffin of british rule in India. — Lala Lajpat Rai
  • We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action. — Sarojini Naidu

Nationalism Image Quotes

Small nations are like indecently dressed women. They tempt the evil-minded. - Julius Nyerere quote

Small nations are like indecently dressed women. They tempt the evil-minded. — Julius Nyerere

Righteousness exalts a nation. Hate just makes people miserable. - Fannie Lou Hamer quote

Righteousness exalts a nation. Hate just makes people miserable. — Fannie Lou Hamer

Flee the country where a lone man holds all power: It is a nation of slaves. - Simon Bolivar quote

Flee the country where a lone man holds all power: It is a nation of slaves. — Simon Bolivar

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change. - Albert Einstein quote

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change. — Albert Einstein

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced. - Frank Zappa quote

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced. — Frank Zappa

Nationalism quote When a nation becomes devoid of art and learning, it invites poverty. And when poverty comes it brin
When a nation becomes devoid of art and learning, it invites poverty. And when poverty comes it brings in its wake of thousands of crimes.
Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Amschel Rothschild quote

Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. — Mayer Amschel Rothschild

No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices. - Edward R. Murrow quote

No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices. — Edward R. Murrow

Nationalism quote The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation. - Pierre Trudeau quote

The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation. — Pierre Trudeau

Biofuels are the future of energy in this nation and around the world - Rod Blagojevich quote

Biofuels are the future of energy in this nation and around the world — Rod Blagojevich

No nation respects a beggar. - Elijah Muhammad quote

No nation respects a beggar. — Elijah Muhammad

Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction. - Bob Marley quote

Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction. — Bob Marley

National liberation is necessarily an act of culture - Amilcar Cabral quote

National liberation is necessarily an act of culture — Amilcar Cabral

England is a nation of shopkeepers. - Napoleon Bonaparte quote

England is a nation of shopkeepers. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Happy is the nation without a history. - Cesare Beccaria quote

Happy is the nation without a history. — Cesare Beccaria

Every time you think, you weaken the nation. - Moe Howard quote

Every time you think, you weaken the nation. — Moe Howard

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. - Dan Quayle quote

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. — Dan Quayle

A small nation can fight a superpower with determination and dedication. - Velupillai Prabhakaran quote

A small nation can fight a superpower with determination and dedication. — Velupillai Prabhakaran

Usury once in control will wreck the nation. - William Lyon Mackenzie King quote

Usury once in control will wreck the nation. — William Lyon Mackenzie King

Be of good cheer, for sadness cannot heal the national wounds. - Dorothea Dix quote

Be of good cheer, for sadness cannot heal the national wounds. — Dorothea Dix

Freedom is not nurtured by nations preparing for war. - William Appleman Williams quote

Freedom is not nurtured by nations preparing for war. — William Appleman Williams

Economy Quotes

Human development, as an approach, is concerned with what I take to be the basic development idea: namely, advancing the richness of human life, rather than the richness of the economy in which human beings live, which is only a part of it. — Amartya Sen

Today, the top one-tenth of 1% owns nearly as much wealth as the bottom 90%. The economic game is rigged, and this level of inequality is unsustainable. We need an economy that works for all, not just the powerful. — Bernie Sanders

"Freedom" in capitalist countries exists only for those who possess money and who consequently hold power. — Nikita Khrushchev

It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority. — Benjamin Franklin

There is no word more "dangerous" than liberalism, because to oppose it is the new "unforgivable sin." — Fulton J. Sheen

We hear a constant clamor for rights, rights, always rights, but so very little about responsibility. And we have forgotten God. The need now is for selflessness, for a spirit of sacrifice, for a willingness to put aside personal gains for the salvation of the whole Western world. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Democracy has two excesses to avoid: the spirit of inequality, which leads to an aristocracy, or to the government of a single individual; and the spirit of extreme equality, which conducts it to despotism, as the despotism of a single individual finishes by conquest. — Baron de Montesquieu

Globalization can be very unjust and unfair and unequal, but these are matters under our control. It’s not that we don’t need the market economy. We need it. But the market economy should not have priority or dominance over other institutions. — Amartya Sen

It's a different kind of economic recovery. The kind where bankers steal trillions and you don't have a job. — Alex Jones

I don't imagine Heads of Government would ever be able to say I'm not an economist therefore I can't take decisions on matters of the economy; I'm not a soldier I can't take decisions on matters of defence; I'm not an educationist so I can't take decisions about education. — Thabo Mbeki

Global Economy Quotes

NAFTA recognizes the reality of today's economy - globalization and technology. Our future is not in competing at the low-level wage job; it is in creating high-wage, new technology jobs based on our skills and our productivity. — John F. Kerry

The purpose of the corporation must be redefined as creating shared value, not just profit per se. This will drive the next wave of innovation and productivity growth in the global economy. — Michael Porter

Over the longer run, advanced economy policy actions that strengthen global growth and global trade will benefit the EMEs as well. — Jerome Powell

Further diversifying our economy is a key strategic focus of our future plans. It is therefore necessary to accelerate economic development efforts to continue building a leading global economy, to enhance our competitiveness and achieve the highest global rankings. — Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

The essence of globalization is a subordination of human rights, of labor rights, consumer, environmental rights, democracy rights, to the imperatives of global trade and investment. — Ralph Nader

Given that trade benefited the Asian economies on the way up, it seems natural that the slowdown in global trade, whatever its causes, could lead to some loss of dynamism and growth in the region. — Jerome Powell

My guiding principle is that prosperity can be shared. We can create wealth together. The global economy is not a zero-sum game. — Julia Gillard

This present window of opportunity, during which a truly peaceful and interdependent world order might be built, will not be open for too long - We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order. — David Rockefeller

In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity - it is a prerequisite. — Barack Obama

No matter how global developments may evolve, the APEC economies will keep its strengths of being resilient and robust. — Xi Jinping

National Community Quotes

Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation. — Queen Elizabeth II

Knowledge of one's identity, one's self, community, nation, religion, and God, is the true meaning of resurrection, while ignorance of it signifies hell. — Elijah Muhammad

We must become bigger than we have been: more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human community. — Haile Selassie

Show me the manner in which a nation or a community cares for its dead and I will measure with mathematical exactness the tender sympathies of its people, their respect for the laws of the land and their loyalty to high ideals. — William E. Gladstone

But we are convinced that if we are to play a meaningful role nationally, and in the community of nations, we must be second to none in the application of advanced technologies to the real problems of man and society. — Vikram Sarabhai

We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community - and this nation. — Cesar Chavez

The political philosophy of black nationalism means that the black man should control the politics and the politicians in his own community; no more. — Malcolm X

Poverty devastates families, communities and nations. It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict. — Kofi Annan

In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it. — Marianne Williamson

By fostering the economic health and vitality of local communities throughout the country, community banks play a central role in our national economy. — Jerome Powell

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More Nationalism Quotes

Power without a nation's confidence is nothing. - Catherine II quote

Power without a nation's confidence is nothing. — Catherine II

To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism. - G. Edward Griffin quote

To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism. — G. Edward Griffin

A nation will not survive morally or economically when so few have so much and so many have so little. — Bernie Sanders

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within. — Douglas MacArthur

Girls should be brought up to be comrades and helpers, not to be dolls. They should take a real and not a visionary share in the welfare of the nation. — Robert Baden-Powell

We believe in peace and peaceful development, not only for ourselves but for people all over the world. — Lal Bahadur Shastri

The hardest lesson of my life has come to me late. It is that a nation can win freedom without its people becoming free. — Joshua Nkomo

Man is equal to man. There should not be exploitation. One should help the other. No one should harm anybody. Generally there should be no room for grievance or complaint from anybody. Everyone should live and let others live, with a national spirit. — Periyar E. V. Ramasamy

Throughout history many nations have suffered a physical defeat, but that has never marked the end of a nation. But when a nation has become the victim of a psychological defeat, then that marks the end of a nation. — Ibn Khaldun

During my term in AU, I will initiate an organised compensation claim for Africa and I will fight for a greater voice for Africa in the United Nations Security Council. If they (Western nations) do not want to live with us fairly, it is our planet and they can go to other planet. — Muammar al-Gaddafi

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent. — Napoleon Bonaparte

What kind of nation are we when we give tax breaks to billionaires, but we can't take care of the elderly and the children. — Bernie Sanders

We got dreams and we got the right to chase 'em, Look at the nation, that's a crooked smile braces couldn't even straighten. — J. Cole

Race? It is a feeling, not a reality. Ninety-five per cent, at least. Nothing will ever make me believe that biologically pure races can be shown to exist today.... National pride has no need of the delirium of race. — Benito Mussolini

We are all Malaysians. This is the bond that unites us. Let us always remember that unity is our fundamental strength as a people and as a nation. — Tunku Abdul Rahman

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