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"Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect."
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"Patriotism or Nationalism without reasoning is what I call "Nationalist Fundamentalism, which is as dangerous as "Religious Fundamentalism."
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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."
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"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?"
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"The inherent prejudice in unnaturally-produced nationalism causes a form of cultural blindness, which prevents us from seeing the obvious ways we could co-exist in the world as a co-operative human family."
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"Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on his own dunghill."
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"Canada was built on dead beavers."
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"We know that these clashes with Asia and Jewry are necessary for evolution."
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"However British you may be, I am more British still."
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"I don't think nationalism is alone holding the field; it's in contention with a lot of different things."
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"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."
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"It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt."
People
"Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains."
Faith
"Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from."
God
"Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice."
Self
"We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about."
Knowledge
"The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle."
History
"We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents."
Talent
"Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible."
Habit
"Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there."
Evil
"The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves."
Thought
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