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"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."
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"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?"
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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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"Patriotism or Nationalism without reasoning is what I call "Nationalist Fundamentalism, which is as dangerous as "Religious Fundamentalism."
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"Canada was built on dead beavers."
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"Extreme nationalism objectifies and dehumanizes those from other countries."
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"However British you may be, I am more British still."
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"In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it."
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"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."
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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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"I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an emperor."
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"We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience."
Wisdom
"I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent."
Identity
"The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon."
Patriotism
"Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse."
Empathy
"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
Freedom
"It is better to be alone than in bad company."
Relationship
"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence."
Friendship
"Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe."
Politics
"Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder."
Wisdom
"Heaven itself has ordained the right."
Justice
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