#nationalism

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#nationalism

Don't look back!" "Why not?" "Because I just did! Run faster! ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#nationalism

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt. ↗

— John Adams

#fiscal-policy #national-debt #nationalism

I start to get the feeling that something is really wrong. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#prozac-nation #nationalism

A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#nationalism #nationalism

I don't want any more of this try, try again stuff. I just want out. I’ve had it. I am so tired. I am twenty and I am already exhausted. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#nationalism

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#disease #infantile #mankind #measles #nationalism

I have been thinking about the notion of perfect love as being without fear, and what that means for us in a world that's becoming increasingly xenophobic, tortured by fundamentalism and nationalism. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#becoming #been #being #fear #fundamentalism

There's a civic nationalism in Britain and dozens of other countries. ↗

— Michael Ignatieff

#civic #countries #dozens #nationalism #other

Nationalism - in other words, the dividing of the church into bodies - consisting of such and such a nation, is a novelty, not above three centuries old, although many dear children of God are found dwelling in it. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

#although #bodies #centuries #children #church