Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Nationalities

It is a well-known fact that we always recognize our homeland when we are about to lose it.
Albert Camus (1913–60) Algerian-born French Philosopher, Dramatist, Essayist, Novelist, Author

Without country you have neither name, token, voice, nor rights, no admission as brothers into the fellowship of the Peoples. You are the bastards of Humanity. Soldiers without a banner, Israelites among the nations, you will find neither faith nor protection; none will be sureties for you. Do not beguile yourselves with the hope of emancipation from unjust social conditions if you do not first conquer a Country for yourselves.
Giuseppe Mazzini (1805–72) Italian Patriot, Political Leader

There are few virtues that the Poles do not possess and there are few errors they have ever avoided.
Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Head of State, Political leader, Historian, Journalist, Author

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–78) Swiss-born French Philosopher

Bulls get rich, bears get rich, but pigs get slaughtered An Irishman is never at his best except when fighting.
Irish Proverb

The Irish ignore anything they can’t drink or punch.
Common Proverb

It is easier for a Russian to become an atheist than for anyone else in the world.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–81) Russian Novelist, Essayist, Writer

The French work to live, but the Swiss live to work.
French Proverb

There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.
J. M. Barrie (1860–1937) Scottish Novelist, Dramatist

An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards.
Austin O’Malley (1858–1932) American Aphorist, Ophthalmologist

I find that the Americans have no passions, they have appetites.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher

We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
Golda Meir (1898–1978) Israeli Head of State

The Britons are quite separated from all the world.
Virgil (70–19 BCE) Roman Poet

The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are.
Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English Philosopher

Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors.
Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973) American Novelist, Human Rights Activist

How I like the boldness of the English, how I like the people who say what they think!
Voltaire (1694–1778) French Philosopher, Author

If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) British Novelist, Short-Story Writer, Playwright

Put an Irishman on the spit and you can always get another Irishman to turn him.
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish Playwright

With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
Oliver Goldsmith (1730–74) Irish Novelist, Playwright, Poet

Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.
George Orwell (1903–50) English Novelist, Journalist

Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.
Eric Hoffer (1902–83) American Philosopher, Author

Americans are like a rich father who wishes he knew how to give his sons the hardships that made him rich.
Robert Frost (1874–1963) American Poet

Switzerland is a curst, selfish, swinish country of brutes, placed in the most romantic region of the world.
Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) (1788–1824) English Romantic Poet

The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist

The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England.
Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist

The British have a remarkable talent for keeping calm, even when there is no crisis.
Franklin P. Jones

Historians are to nationalism what poppy-growers in Pakistan are to heroin-addicts: we supply the essential raw material for the market.
Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012) British Historian

Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.
Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist

In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted.
William Ralph Inge (1860–1954) English Anglican Clergyman, Priest, Mystic

The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive.
V. S. Pritchett (1900–97) British Short Story Writer, Biographer, Memoirist, Literary Critic

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