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"France cannot be France without greatness."
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"The existence of excessive nationalism is a symptom of a deeper problem in the collective consciousness, which is continually being exploited."
"What is the sense of giving a boundary to all that, of giving it a name and ceasing to love where the name ceases to apply? What is love of one's country; is it hate of one's uncountry?"
"Abroad? Oh no. I went to England in '91, and you stood in the garden at Fontenay and berated me. He shook his head. "This is my nation. Here I stay. A man can't carry his country on the soles of his shoes."
"At times there's something so precise and mathematically chilling about nationalism.Build a dam to take away water AWAY from 40 million people. Build a dam to pretend to BRING water to 40 million people. Who are these gods that govern us? Is there no limit to their powers?"
"Let my country die for me."
"We need American sources of resources, we need American energy, brought to you by American ingenuity and produced by American workers."
"I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an emperor."
"Patriotism or Nationalism without reasoning is what I call "Nationalist Fundamentalism, which is as dangerous as "Religious Fundamentalism."
"Independence did not mean chauvinism and narrow nationalism."
"The times of Arab nationalism and unity are gone forever."
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"I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously."
"You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul."
"I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians."
"Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so."
"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?"
"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."
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