Alfred Eckhard Zimmern Quotes
A nation is not a linguistic unit. The English-speaking peoples, whether under the Union Jack or not, are, with one exception, not English; neither are the German-speaking Swiss and Austrians German, nor the French-speaking Swiss and Belgians and Canadians French.
See {640102} for his view of the relationship between territory and nationality and {640100} for his definition of a nation which is what most people use.
Alfred Eckhard Zimmern, 1879-1957, British Historian and Political Scientist, ‘Nationalism and Internationalism”, Foreign Affairs, March 1923
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See {640102} and {640101} for his view of what a nation is not.
See {640101} for his view of the relationship between language and nationality and {640100} for his definition of a nation which is what most people use.
- Born: January 26, 1879
- Died: November 24, 1957
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- Profession: Classical Scholar, Historian
Sir Alfred Eckhard Zimmern (1879–1957) was an English classical scholar, historian, and political scientist writing on international relations. His book The Third British Empire was among the first to apply the expression "British Commonwealth" to the British Empire. He is also credited with the phrase "welfare state", which was made popular a few years later by William Temple.
