Quotes about Nationalism
Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will be America's heart, her benedictions and her prayers.
- John Quincy Adams
The people of this country want an industrial policy that is for America and Americans.
- William McKinley
I have not become the King's First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.
- Winston Churchill
I wear the national dress because it is the most natural and the most becoming for an Indian.
- Mahatma Gandhi
One would think that people who insist on being monotheistic would be the first in line to walk across the artificial boundaries created by nation states, class systems, cultures and even religions. But often they are the last!
- Fr. Richard Rohr
Being an American means never having to say you're sorry.
- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems.
- Reinhold Niebuhr
I don't believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.
- Andrew Carnegie
Americans are not a perfect people, but we are called to a perfect mission.
- Andrew Jackson
The war was still going on. Men went mad and were rewarded with medals. All over the world, boy on every side of the bomb line were laying down their lives for what they had been told was their country .
- Joseph Heller
Denounce the government and embracethe flag. Hope to live in that freerepublic for which it stands.
- Wendell Berry
Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.
- Dale Carnegie