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"Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect."
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"Extreme nationalism objectifies and dehumanizes those from other countries."

"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."

"Jewish and Palestinian nationalism are virtually contemporaneous, and grew out of the disruptions that created new national movements from the ruins of the old empires / i."

"The only things that the United States has given to the world are skyscrapers, jazz, and cocktails. That is all. And in Cuba, in our America, they make much better cocktails."

"The superman exists and he's American."
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"People in a hurry cannot think cannot grow nor can they decay. They are preserved in a state of perpetual puerility."

"It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn."

"It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind."

"Hatred is the most accessible and comprehensive of all the unifying agents. Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a god, but never without a belief in a devil."
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