Sherwood Anderson Quotes

Nations have lost their old omnipotence; the patriotic tie does not hold. Nations are getting obsolete, we go and live where we will.

We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty. We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.

Some reformers may urge that in the ages distant future, patriotism, like the habit of monogamous marriage, will become a needless and obsolete virtue; but just at present the man who loves other countries as much as he does his own is quite as noxious a member of society as the man who loves other women as much as he loves his wife. Love of country is an elemental virtue, like love of home.

Henceforth, we shall be happy to be a free citizen in an independent country.

Maybe we are all prospective migrants. The lines of national borders on maps are artificial constructs, as unnatural to us as they are to birds flying overhead. Our first impulse is to ignore them.

We want a country. and we will get it, our country.

Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

If we really love and cherish Taiwan, we should hold our hands in unity to protect our country and our democratic values with the most humble and tolerant hearts.

On what rests the hope of the republic? One country, one language, one flag!

I swear allegiance to the Republic of Sudan.

I suppose I have become a sort of living monument in Portugal. But I come from a family with roots all over the world, so the idea of patriotism is not very strong in me. My country is the country of Chekhov, Beethoven, Velasquez - writers I like, painters and artists I admire.

I am dying, but with a strong hope and persuasion that my country will gain her independence.

Every country in every war fights for freedom.

I wished only the well-being of my country in insurrection and independence.

Our ancestors have always regarded independence as fundamental to the concept of a nation.

As against the false doctrine of national patriotism, we uphold the ideal of international working class solidarity.

Nationalism, democracy, and people's livelihood.

You cannot limit this country by boundary lines.

Without Nationality neither liberty nor equality is possible- and we believe in the holy Fatherland, that is the cradle of nationality, the altar and patrimony of the individuals that compose each people.

The spirit of nationalism springs from the deepest of human emotions. It rises from the yearning of men to be free of foreign domination, to govern themselves. It springs from a thousand rills of race, of history, of sacrifice and pride in national achievement.

The "State" was substituted for humanity; cosmopolitan gave way to nationalism.

The great object of my life has been the independence of my country; for that I have sacrificed everything that is most dear to man…. The connection with England has been her bane.

Where liberty dwells, there is my country.

Nationalism has nothing to do with the rule of law, justice, or opportunity.