Nationalities and Nationalism Quotes
30 quotations about Nationalities and Nationalism
The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent, and is modest about it.
The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are.
There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.
Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors.
England is paradise for women, and hell for horses: Italy is a paradise for horses, hell for women.
It is a well-known fact that we always recognize our homeland when we are about to lose it.
There are few virtues that the Poles do not possess and there are few errors they have ever avoided.
It is easier for a Russian to become an atheist than for anyone else in the world.
I find that the Americans have no passions, they have appetites.
Irish Americans are no more Irish than Black Americans are Africans.
The Jews have always been students, and their greatest study is themselves.
With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.
The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England.
Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.
The British have a remarkable talent for keeping calm, even when there is no crisis.
If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards.
Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.
The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive.
The Irish ignore anything they can't drink or punch.
The French work to live, but the Swiss live to work.
Nations whose nationalism is destroyed are subject to ruin.
Authors on Nationalities and Nationalism
James Agate
Francis Bacon
Sir James M. Barrie
Pearl S. Buck
Robert Burton
Albert Camus
Winston Churchill
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Ralph Waldo Emerson
French Proverb
Bob Geldof
Albert Goldman
Oliver Goldsmith
Eric Hoffer
Samuel Johnson
Franklin P. Jones
W. Somerset Maugham
Golda Meir
Austin O'Malley
George Orwell