The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.

— George Orwell, English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic, 1903-1950

The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.

— George Orwell, English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic, 1903-1950

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. Never do anything against conscience – even if the state demands it.

— Albert Einstein, German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.

— Albert Einstein, German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955

Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of dissension and distress.

— Thorstein Veblen, Norwegian-American economist and sociologist who emerged as a well-known critic of capitalism coined the concept of ‘conspicuous consumption’,1857-1929
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