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"France cannot be France without greatness."
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"Extreme nationalism objectifies and dehumanizes those from other countries."
"In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it."
"Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect."
"We know that these clashes with Asia and Jewry are necessary for evolution."
"Let my country die for me."
"Nationalism is a form of cultural self-centeredness, and as a collective thought-form, can only exist because the dominant in-group is itself comprised of self-centered and narcissistic individuals."
"The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to it animosity or two its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and it's interest."
"Nationalism is form of collective narcissism, where the citizens possess an inflated self-love of "their own people," to the exclusion of other human beings."
"The existence of excessive nationalism is a symptom of a deeper problem in the collective consciousness, which is continually being exploited."
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"As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so."
"Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time."
"A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless."
"In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?"
"In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate."
"Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese."
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