"It is nationalism which engenders nations, and not the other way round."

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Source : Ernest Gellner, John Breuilly (2008). “Nations and Nationalism”, p.54, Cornell University Press

Ernest Gellner

#Way Quotes #Nationalism Quotes

“I supported Bob Schaffer's three races for Congress. But we all had concerns about whether he could win statewide. Then my wife suggested that I get it.”
“It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the American political system.”
“Glory can be for a woman but the brilliant morning of happiness.”
“I think a lot of times God takes away your feelings, so you have to depend on faith. And faith is kind of like a tide. It rolls in and rolls out.”
“Generally, if you could picture a bunch of rock and roll momentum behind a song and it was particularly melodious, maybe the Pornographers would do it. If it was kind of moody and more lyrical, then maybe it would be a Destroyer song. Anything that's really lyrically driven I would keep for Destroyer.”

Source : "Destroyer. Pornographer. Bejar". Interview with Phil Runco, brightestyoungthings.com. June 12, 2012.
“Whatever is natural admits of variety.”
“If men were equal in America, all these Poles and English and Czechs and blacks, then they were equal everywhere, and there was really no such thing as foreigner; there were only free men and slaves.”

Source : Jeff Shaara, Michael Shaara (2012). “The Civil War Trilogy 3-Book Boxset (Gods and Generals, The Killer Angels, and The Last Full Measure)”, p.435, Ballantine Books
“In the long run all producers are forced to use the most efficient methods or give place to others who do.”

Source : Frank Hyneman Knight (1997). “The Ethics of Competition”, p.191, Transaction Publishers

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