Frans Timmermans Quotes

I am against nationalists, but I am very much in favour of patriots.

Just because I believe in the identity and integrity of my country doesn't make a xenophobe or a nationalist.

I wish to be no less than national in all the positions I may take.

I support our country being our country.

Nationalism is the most powerful force on earth today.

Country comes before politics.

People aren't really afraid of my views. They are just afraid of the word 'nationalism.'

A Country is not a mere territory; the particular territory is only its foundation. The Country is the idea which rises upon that foundation; it is the sentiment of love, the sense of fellowship which binds together all the sons of that territory.

I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance.

It's my view that any conservative who loves his country has to be extremely concerned.

During the nineteenth century, men died believing in the cause of royalty or republicanism. In reality, much of their sacrifice was rendered on the altar of the new nationalism.

I recognize only one community: the national one.

We're not Democrats first. We're not Republicans first. We're Americans first. We're patriots first.

I believe we should always put our country first.

I'm a nationalist and populist.

I was born to two people who helped me imbibe feelings of nationhood in my heart and love for the country.

Nationalism is a tool increasingly used by leaders to bolster their authority, especially amid difficult economic and political conditions.

For many centuries, even thousands of years, patriotism worked quite well. Of course, it led to wars an so forth, but we shouldn't focus too much on the bad.

I take a ton of pride in what our flag and our anthem stands for.

Nationalism and anti-nationalism is a matter of perception. You cannot mandate who is a nationalist and what is not.

I think that the religious and the military right wings are just two sides of the same coin if somebody uses God and religion and somebody uses country and security.

We've got have a country.

I am neither a Whig nor Tory. My politics are described in one word and that word is England.

He that wishes to see his country robbed of its rights cannot be a patriot.

No true patriot could be for Ron Paul.