Anne Applebaum

There is a lot of learned material written about nationalism - scholarly books and papers, histories of it, theories of it - but most of us understand that nationalism, at its heart, at its very deepest roots, is about a feeling of superiority: We are better than you. Our country is better than your country.

American Journalist

John Mott

Extreme nationalism and Bolshevism have broken up the old world, a new world is in the making. It is literally true that old things are passing away; all things may become new, granted we have wise, unselfish, and determined guides.

American Leader

Arthur Henderson

I do not believe that the values which the Western democracies consider essential to civilization can survive in a world rent by the international anarchy of nationalism and the economic anarchy of competitive enterprise.

British Politician

John Nelson Darby

Nationalism - in other words, the dividing of the church into bodies - consisting of such and such a nation, is a novelty, not above three centuries old, although many dear children of God are found dwelling in it.

English Clergyman

Sun Yat-sen

No matter what nationalities became a part of our country in the future, they would have to assimilate into the Han nationality. The nationalism our party supports is a positive nationalism. Do not forget that.

Chinese Leader

Herbert Read

To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism.

English Poet

Tim Minchin

In a global world, nationalism is a fantasy, and it's poison. It used to be appropriate, but it's not anymore, and we haven't learned that lesson yet.

Australian Comedian

Muammar al-Gaddafi

The times of Arab nationalism and unity are gone forever. These ideas which mobilized the masses are only a worthless currency.

Libyan Leader

Walter F. Mondale

The course of nationalism, once it's attached to a cause opposite yours, is still the strongest force in the world.

American Lawyer

Stephen Kinzer

After World War II, the winds of nationalism and anti-colonialism blew through the developing world.

American Author

Nationalism often suggests positive feelings towards one's country.

Positive Emotion

Sometimes nationalism can lead to intolerance of other countries or cultures.

Not Always Tolerant

Nationalism prioritizes one's own country over others, possibly to an extreme.

Over Other Countries

Nationalism stresses independence in national decision-making.

Independence Emphasized

Be aware that nationalism may conflict with international cooperation goals.

International Goals

Extreme nationalism implies that one's nation is superior to others.

Superiority Feelings

Be aware that aggressive nationalism may lead to conflicts with other countries.

Can Cause Conflict

Nationalism can promote the unique culture and heritage of a country.

Culture Focus

Nationalism often involves pride in and promotion of the national language.

Language Pride

 from a chaotic patchwork of fragmented feudal and religious territories into efficient, modern, and secular nation states where the people held more power and rights than ever before." "Should we also thank him for the rise of nationalism and the massive increase in army sizes?

History vs. Napoleon...

 offer the world in the future I believe we can make our biggest contribution as an independent nation taking our own place in the world stage but also means our internationalism is the driving force of that nationalism because as the states across this planet are already

The big impact of small...

 that may sometimes say that he said something that was wrong, but then allow for -- but support his platform in other ways. You know, true co-conspiracy in the effort to dismantle white supremacy and white nationalism is not a thing that people can do on vacation.

The path to ending...

 Well, it's certainly not being received well across China. I think one thing that is still really undercovered is the intensity of rising nationalism at the grassroots level across China over the last several years. And they're very protective of their country,

What the world can learn...

 nationalism is just not on the right level to tackle the problems, whether it's climate change or whether it's technological disruption. So it was a beautiful idea in a world where most of the action, most of the issues, took place on national scale,

Nationalism vs....

 For nationalists, our modern societies are built on national we share a land, a history, a culture, and we defend each other. In a big and chaotic world, they see nationalism as the only sensible way to maintain social stability.

How nationalism and...

 and it was pretty interesting. And he said -- Tell me what he said. No, no, you go ahead. You're the interrupter, I'm the listener. No, no, go ahead. What'd he say? OK. You've talked about nationalism and tribalism here today.

How to seek truth in the...

 the world will be a peaceful paradise. But far more likely, without nationalism, we would have been living in tribal chaos. If you look today at the most prosperous and peaceful countries in the world,

Why fascism is so...

 in a world in which we're seeing a wave of nationalism and populism, the way we go at this is actually to expand the breadth of engagement, so not to let the responsibility of engaging on climate

How we can turn the tide...

 they're cosmopolitan, they're sexy. They're the perfect antidote to reactionary nationalism. But cities have a dark side. They take up just three percent of the world's surface area,

Nationalism

Positive Emotion

Not Always Tolerant

Over Other Countries

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