Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred and always stronger than internationalism.
Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressiveness that spares no one. The challenge that is already with us is the temptation to accept as true freedom what in reality is only a new form of slavery.
I have been thinking about the notion of perfect love as being without fear and what that means for us in a world that's becoming increasingly xenophobic tortured by fundamentalism and nationalism.
The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.
To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth technical power and nationalism.
I don't think nationalism is alone holding the field it's in contention with a lot of different things.