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“Nationalism is power-hunger tempered by self-deception.” George Orwell, Notes on Nationalism
“All nationalistic distinctions — all claims to be better than somebody else because you have a different-shaped skull or speak a different dialect — are entirely spurious, but they are important so long as people believe in them.” George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier
“One of the fundamental problems of education in and for a democratic society is set by the conflict of a nationalistic and a wider social aim.” John Dewey, Democracy and Education
“Fanatical ethnic or religious or national chauvinisms are a little difficult to maintain when we see our planet as a fragile blue crescent fading to become an inconspicuous point of light against the bastion and citadel of the stars.” Carl Sagan, Cosmos

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George Orwell (2)
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Notes on Nationalism (1)
Cosmos (1)
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