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“The closer one gets to either the eastern or the southern fringe of the German-speaking world-the closer one gets, in other words, to the threatening and more numerous Slavs-the more insecure and dangerous nationalism becomes.”

World Dangerous Nationalism Southern Insecure Threatening Eastern Fringe

Book:Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History

Source: Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History

“This hour in history needs a dedicated circle of transformed nonconformists. Our planet teeters on the brink of annihilation; dangerous passions of pride, hatred, and selfishness are enthroned in our lives; and men do reverence before false gods of nationalism and materialism. The saving of our world from pending doom will come, not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming majority, but through the creative maladjustment of a nonconforming minority.”

Source: A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings

“Call it 'nationalism' when you affix a flag to your car, and leave the word 'patriotism' for your efforts to make this country a kinder, more egalitarian place, and one that is less dangerous to the rest of the world.”

World Country Effort Dangerous Car Nationalism Flags Kinder

Author:Barbara Ehrenreich

“I think it's fair to say there is a demagogic path that Europeans, South Americans, Asians have pursued, and we know where that leads. It uses xenophobia, it uses paranoia, it uses prejudice, it uses nationalism to really stir people up and to, you know, begin an us-versus-them contrast, which is dangerous and is not something we've had in our politics at a presidential level in America.”

People Thinking Knows Use America Levels Path Dangerous Fairs Prejudice South Presidential Nationalism Contrast Versus Pursued Paranoia Xenophobia

Author:Hillary Clinton

“It's not always clear where a healthy patriotism shades into a dangerous nationalism.”

Clear Dangerous Healthy Nationalism Shade

Author:Ross Douthat