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“Patria es humanidad.”

Humanity Liberation Cuba National Consciousness Cuban War Of Independence Liberty Or Death

Author:José Martí

“At worst, the centralizing effort to remove, where possible, homonymy — and antinomy — of a Peninsula that had always been subdivided into local communities and tiny States, gave vent to an unrestrained toponymical revision, that binned millennial heritage in the name of celebratory intentions, patriotic Risorgimental evocations and moralistic efforts. The two-year period that follows Unification can be defined as a period characterized by "a sort of gutting of street names, which ... disfigured to a certain degree the topographic structure of build-up areas", redrawing streets and squares, choosing heroes and models and consciously ignoring others.”

Nationalism Italy National Consciousness Italian History Toponymy Risorgimento History Of Italy Italian Nationalism

Book:Topographical Names and Protection of Linguistic Minorities

Source: Topographical Names and Protection of Linguistic Minorities

“Wilson was the clay-footed prophet of the British-Scots middle class. He created a flatulent rhetoric of national feeling as an antidote to either true national cosciousness or will. He exploited nationalism and religion in order to pursue class politics.”

Middle Class Nationalism Rhetoric Scotland National Consciousness Class Politics Christopher North John Wilson

Book:The History of Scottish Literature, Volume 3: Nineteenth Century

Source: The History of Scottish Literature, Volume 3: Nineteenth Century

“We can view politics as an art form, since political action shapes human beings destiny to be an ambassador of goodwill and humanitarian activities. Alternatively, we can perceive politics as a crime because it can give vent to collective passions of hatred and barbarism. Americans must decide whether to muster our collective political powers to end warfare and curb corporate exploitation of natural resources or pursue nationalism and perpetuate barbarous ruination of the environment. The outcome of these decisive challenges will alter our national consciousness.”

Nationalism American Culture Political Philosophy Political Commentary National Character National Consciousness Political Realism

Book:Dead Toad Scrolls

Source: Dead Toad Scrolls

“As I walked, I looked up at the sky and down at the earth, and I said to myself this should be British. And it came to me in that fine, exhilarating air that the British were the best race to rule the world.”

British Empire British Imperialism Racialism National Consciousness Nationalism And Ethnicity

Author:Cecil Rhodes