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“Sonnet of Nation Building Nation means not land, Nation means not border. Nation means sentience and sanity, Nation means willing to treat disorder. Nation means not habit, Nation means not tradition. Nation means reason and acceptance, Nation means conscious amalgamation. Nations means not law, Nations means not policy. Nation means a genuine goodness, Nation means an accountable citizenry. In the name of nation do not act tribal. Nation without narrowness is a land universal.”

“You may live in your gutter of cultural exclusivity all you want, but don't drag me there. I am a human being. You know what it means? It means I have not one but many cultures - all the cultures. I have not one tongue, but many tongues - all the tongues. I have not one religion, but many religions - all the religions. I have not one country, but many countries - all the countries. I am a human being, my home is planet earth, and all her children my family.”

“Patriotism or Nationalism without reasoning is what I call “Nationalist Fundamentalism”, which is as dangerous as “Religious Fundamentalism”.”

“Days of single nationality, single religion are gone, it's the age of universal nationality and religion. In this civilized age, human nationality is humanity, human religion and culture are love and compassion.”

“When you assume your nation needs no improvement, when you assume that your nation is at its absolute best, you are inadvertently burying your nation alive, for a nation that assumes self-proclaimed supremacy is the only inferior nation on earth.”

“এর কিছুদিন পরেই মাস্টারমশায় পঞ্চুকে আমার কাছে নিয়ে এসে উপস্থিত। ব্যাপার কী? ওদের জমিদার হরিশ কুণ্ডু পঞ্চুকে এক-শো টাকা জরিমানা করেছে। কেন, ওর অপরাধ কী? ও বিলিতি কাপড় বেচেছে। ও জমিদারকে গিয়ে হাতে পায়ে ধরে বললে, পরের কাছে ধার-করা টাকায় কাপড় কখানা কিনেছে, এইগুলো বিক্রি হয়ে গেলেই ও এমন কাজ আর কখনো করবে না। জমিদার বললে, সে হচ্ছে না, আমার সামনে কাপড়গুলো পুড়িয়ে ফেল্‌, তবে ছাড়া পাবি। ও থাকতে না পেরে হঠাৎ বলে ফেললে, আমার তো সে সামর্থ্য নেই, আমি গরিব ; আপনার যথেষ্ট আছে, আপনি দাম দিয়ে কিনে নিয়ে পুড়িয়ে ফেলুন। শুনে জমিদার লাল হয়ে উঠে বললে, হারামজাদা, কথা কইতে শিখেছ বটে— লাগাও জুতি। এই বলে এক চোট অপমান তো হয়েই গেল, তার পরে এক-শো টাকা জরিমানা।– এরাই সন্দীপের পিছনে পিছনে চীৎকার করে বেড়ায়, বন্দেমাতরং! এরা দেশের সেবক!”

“It’s time we take the leap across the infectious carcass of nationalism and rise as patriots of humanity - as patriots of a planet and not of any nation, religion or language. And you can take that leap, only if you have an indomitable sense of oneness with all of humankind.”

“Real Third World (The Sonnet) Third world countries are not, Those from Asia and Africa. Some of the real third world countries, Are our United States and Russia. It is behavior that makes the person, It is behavior that makes the nation. Worth of a nation lies not in currency, But in their sense of assimilation. A civilized nation doesn't say, We are the greatest nation on earth. Only the underdeveloped yells around, We are the nation supreme, all others are dirt. A first world country is born of first world citizens. A citizen becomes first world by defying all divisions.”

“Esperanza Impossible Sonnet 10 Nationality is not the trouble, real trouble is nationalism, And nationalism is the super weapon in a politician's arsenal. When nothing works, peddling nationalism works every time, For insecure citizenry can't tell nationality from nationalism. So in practice, all the wars of the world are caused by citizens, But it feels good to blame the bad things on politicians. Once the citizens grow up to not be swayed by nationalism, No authoritarian nincompoop can make them dance. Nationality is a tool, what it is not is a badge of supremacy, Just like culture is a tool, and not a badge of authority. If we must dance, let us dance to life, not to baseless fright, If we must take a step, let's take a step towards humanity. Borders exist to aid the functioning of the fabric of society. They are not some olympian designation of your identity.”