National Affiliation Quotes

Internationalism, properly understood, is not contact between states; nor is it contact between super-nationalists and cosmopolitans who have torn themselves loose from affiliation with their nation. It is at home neither round the green table of the diplomatists nor "above the melee" with the minority minds. True internationalism is contact between nations in their highest and best and most distinctive representatives and manifestations.

I'm English, definitely. I don't feel like I'm American in any way.

I'm a Canadian. I've always been a Canadian.

I think that as far as language goes I'm an American, I'm afraid, my accent is American, my way of talk is an American way of talk, I'm an old-fashioned American. That's probably one of the reasons why I'm in England now and why I'll always stay in England.

I am more South African than Pakistani now. It's a great country, and I have met so many nice people.

When a Jew, in America or in South Africa, talks to his Jewish companions about 'our' government, he means the government of Israel.

You know, the people of Crimea, from what I've heard, would rather be with Russia than where they were.

The fact is, I've always felt more British than Irish. Maybe it was the way I was brought up, I don't know, but I have always felt more of a connection with the U.K. than with Ireland.

My great grandparents are Scottish, and I have this very tenuous connection which I try and bump up whenever I can, because I'd much rather be Scottish than English.

I love Britain. I'm an Irish citizen, but I was born in Canada, and I'm a British comedian, really. My entire career has been over here.

The people of Crimea, from what I've heard, would rather be with Russia than where they were.

Ask any man what nationality he would prefer to be, and ninety nine out of a hundred will tell you that they would prefer to be Englishmen

My national identity is first American. My religious identity is first Muslim.

I wanted to acknowledge my U.S. heritage and to belong to it more closely. Having said that, I am certainly British by formation and education and readily think of London as home. I had never lived in the U.S. till 2007.

I’m a United States senator. I’m not an Israeli senator.

I guess, for better or for worse, I am an American composer, and I've had a wonderful life being exactly that.