Adam Hochschild Quotes

By "nationalism" I mean the habit of identifying oneself with a single nation or other unit, placing it beyond good and evil and recognising no other duty than that of advancing its interests.

There are times this stony heart of mine feels a burst of British pride.

If you play in this country, live in this country, and you grow up in the heartland - and you put on a Russian uniform - you are not a patriotic person.

I think it's just in human nature: if you've got two guys fighting, and you don't really know them, you're going to root for the guy who comes from your country.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

I'm not really clear what the whole deal is with flags. I like my flag, but I wouldn't die for it. There's issues of identity, of course. That's going to always come in. I, for example, don't want to be called a 'North Britisher.' I want to be Scottish.

I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism.

When we attach ourselves to national identities, then we enter into a cycle of conflict. I didn't choose where I was born or who to be or what people would call me.

If a man is going to be an American at all let him be so without any qualifying adjectives, and if he is going to be something else, let him drop the word American from his personal description.

I love my country more than anything else.

There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.

I prefer people to see me as an Ivorian and as a patriot.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.

In this war I am completely English.

The feeling of patriotism --- It is an immoral feeling because, instead of confessing himself a son of God ... or even a free man guided by his own reason, each man under the influence of patriotism confesses himself the son of his fatherland and the slave of his government, and commits actions contrary to his reason and conscience

Like other ideals, patriotism varies from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy.

… anti-nationalist British propaganda

I'm extremely patriotic. I'll always be Canadian.

Everybody has a love/hate relationship with their own country.

I don't describe myself as a nationalist, but I do love my country.

It would be helpful if broadcasters were willing to be a bit patriotic.

I have equal respect and love for both England and Ireland, and therefore, the national team I choose to represent is not a clear-cut, simple selection.

Nationalism and anti-nationalism is a matter of perception. You cannot mandate who is a nationalist and what is not.

I wanted to make America proud.

Nationalism stems from catastrophes, whether they are caused by earthquakes or lost wars.