"Just as every girl should have a husband, preferably her own, so every culture must have its state, preferably its own."

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Source : "The Coming of Nationalism and Its Interpretation: The Myths of Nation and Class in Mapping the Nation" by Ernest Gellner,

Ernest Gellner

#Girl Quotes #Husband Quotes #Culture Quotes

“A woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinter legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to see it done at all.”
“being asked to decide between your passion for work and your passion for children was like being asked by your doctor whether you preferred him to remove your brain or your heart.”
“There can be people who feel one way about gay rights, another way about gay rights. There can be people who have different views on abortion. But we respect each other. I think we learn from each other. And we understand that ultimately we have the same values.”
“I believe that we should take every opportunity to challenge the assumption that our European allies are doing us a favor whenever they provide us with the necessary facilities from which to defend their own continent.”

Source : "Contracting States: Sovereign Transfers in International Relations". Book by Alexander Cooley and Hendrik Spruyt, Princeton University Press, p. 100, "The Azores", White House Memorandum to President John F. Kennedy, Washington, DC (June 4, 1962), 2009.
“Love is the weapon of the future.”
“One of the most important factors, not only in military matters but in life as a whole, is ... the ability to direct one's whole energies towards the fulfillment of a particular task.”
“This war is really the greatest insanity in which white races have ever been engaged.”
“We do need knowledge. And perhaps in a thousand years we might pick smaller cliffs to jump off. The books are to remind us what ***** and fools we are.”

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