“Indeed, it is impossible to be neutral. In a world already moving in certain directions, where wealth and power are already distributed in certain ways, neutrality means accepting the way things are now. It is a world of clashing interests war against peace, nationalism against internationalism, equality against greed, and democracy against elitism and it seems to me both impossible and undesirable to be neutral in those conflicts.” WorldWayMeanWarSeemsMovingCertainInterestWealthAcceptingDemocracyImpossibleConflictGreedNationalismNeutralityMoving InElitismUndesirableInternationalism Book:Passionate Declarations: Essays on War and Justice Source: Passionate Declarations: Essays on War and Justice
“I think even nation states should be and will be obsolete. I think nationalism will be seen in the future as a form of tribalism and I think what we call "Democracy" will be "Netocracy", where people, globally, can work on issues.” PeopleThinkingShouldStatesFormNationsDemocracyIssuesNationalismObsoleteTribalism Author:Deepak Chopra
“I do not believe that the values which the Western democracies consider essential to civilization can survive in a world rent by the international anarchy of nationalism and the economic anarchy of competitive enterprise.” WorldBelieveValuesDemocracyEconomicCivilizationEssentialsWesternInternationalEnterpriseNationalismAnarchy Author:Arthur Henderson
“Most of ideologies are not based on the individual - no matter what they say. There are these peoples' democracies, nationalism - they're all dictatorships. And I think any kind of dictatorship is bad for the individual.” ThinkingKindMatterIndividualDemocracyNo Matter WhatIdeologyNationalismDictatorship Author:Frank Capra
“In the 19th century it was basically nationality and people trying to define their nationalism and create states which would reflect their nationalism. In the 20th century, ideology came to the fore, largely, but not exclusively, as a result of the Russian Revolution and we have fascism, communism and liberal democracy competing with each other. Well that's pretty much over.” PeopleTryingWellsStatesResultsDemocracyCenturyRevolutionIdeologyCommunismNationalismFascismCompeting20th CenturyNationality19th CenturyRussian RevolutionLiberal Democracy Author:Samuel P. Huntington