Eric Metaxas Quotes

We are Englishmen; that is one good fact.

There's a civic nationalism in Britain and dozens of other countries.

Show me the race or nation without a flag, and I will show you a people without any pride.

I've been marching in every single ethnic nationality parade all throughout the City of New York. We're all Americans first and foremost, but people understand their heritage and it's good to see.

We are a multicultural country - always have been, and to our credit, always will be. It is something that we should be very proud of and embrace.

The country is the people.

This is the country that lives in us .... There it must find its nutriment or die.

A nation is a work of art and a work of time.

I come from a wonderful country with wonderful people.

My love of South Africa is not gray; it's not vague. It's very specific. It's in keeping with our Constitution - 'Unity in diversity.'

Our citizens must feel they are part and parcel of this country. This is essential.

I am a son of the Chechen people. I am no different from anyone else.

I am proud of the fact that, despite all the disparities that do come up often in our country, we are still Indians, and I am proud of that.

There is nothing more beautiful than being able to represent my country.

Philippines, what an amazing honor it has been to carry your name across my chest and to embody you in all aspects.

Our nation is comprised of many different backgrounds and cultures, one of the many things that makes me immensely proud to be a South African.

I am proud of Russia and I am sure that the vast majority of Russian citizens have great love and respect for their Motherland. We have much to be proud of: Russian culture and Russian history. We have every reason to believe in the future of our country. But we have no obsession that Russia must be a super power in the international arena. The only thing we do is protecting our vital interests.

Diversity means, when the left teaches it, the people responsible for building America and maintaining it get the short end of the stick from now on. With this singular American culture that people came and wanted to be part of, they were proud, couldn't wait to become Americans, tears in their eyes when it happened. It was a special place. Defending it now, defending that America, defending our cultural, defending our founding, defending all of the things that made this country great is now called racism or xenophobia or hate.

Diversity hasn't a thing to do with why this country is great. Diversity is not a factor in any way when defining or explaining America's greatness.

We are Indians, firstly and lastly.

One's nativity is not of his own choosing, but whatever it may be, it is entitled to respect; and all nations have honorable place in the world's family.

The Philippines, it might be said, is a country in search of an identity.

The nation... doesn't simply need what we have. It needs what we are.

A good nationalism has to depend on a principle of the common people, on myths of a struggling commonality.

The difference between a nation and a nationality is clear, but it is not always observed. Likeness between members is the essence of nationality, but the members of a nation may be very different. A nation may be composed of many nationalities, as some of the most successful nations are.