"A good nationalism has to depend on a principle of the common people, on myths of a struggling commonality."

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Source : "The age of indifference" by Andrew O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. January 9, 2010.

Andrew O'Hagan

#Struggle Quotes #People Quotes #Principles Quotes

“I don't expect to win every battle but I think Fred Pierce has enough respect for me that I can go fight my battles and win my share.”
“We walked outside, Ben-Gurion accompanying us. Allon repeated his question, What is to be done with the Palestinian population?' Ben-Gurion waved his hand in a gesture which said 'Drive them out!”
“I look at autism like a bus accident, and you don't become cured from a bus accident, but you can recover.”

Source : "The Autism Debate: Who's Afraid of Jenny McCarthy?". Interview with Karl Taro Greenfeld, content.time.com. February 25, 2010.
“In the past, most wars were motivated by the idea of nationhood. Today, however, wars are incited above all using religion as an excuse.”
“Clouds are fascinating to paint because they are the only element in a landscape that possesses free movement.”

Source : John F. Carlson (1973). “Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting”, p.109, Courier Corporation
“I'm lucky to have met so many people who have been involved in peace and who have been peace prize winners.”
“Today I discovered two kinds of people who go to high school: those who wear new clothes to show off on the first day, and those who wear their oldest clothes to show they think school is unimportant.”
“To fly or not to fly, that's the question.”

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