Pavel Durov Quotes

I think we should be less dependent on the outdated concept we call countries.

Today in the era of globalization there is no such issue as borders between states of the same nation.

Maybe we are all prospective migrants. The lines of national borders on maps are artificial constructs, as unnatural to us as they are to birds flying overhead. Our first impulse is to ignore them.

Nations have lost their old omnipotence; the patriotic tie does not hold. Nations are getting obsolete, we go and live where we will.

I could have become an E.U. player if I'd wanted to, but I am, and prefer to remain, Argentine.

I care about national sovereignty of America.

I've never felt British. I'm just not interested in national identity. I don't know why.

The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.

We face a world where borders matter less and less.

Are we Uncle Sam or Uncle Sucker?

Show me a man who respects the rights of all countries, but is ready to defend his own against them all, and I will show you a man who is both a nationalist and an internationalist.

The "State" was substituted for humanity; cosmopolitan gave way to nationalism.

Why is Mexican nationalism a good thing, but putting American interests first needs defending?

The European Union is robbing us of our national identities, our nation states.

A nation without borders is no nation at all.

The concept of patriotism is not incompatible with that of humanity; on the contrary, let me state emphatically that he who best serves pacifism serves patriotism best. The nation is and can be no more than the vital basic unit of any international league.

Reagan was all about America, and you talked about it. Obama is, 'We are above that now. We're not just parochial, we're not just chauvinistic, we're not just provincial. We stand for something.' I mean, in a way, Obama's standing above the country, above - above the world. He's sort of God. He's going to bring all different sides together.

Japan is a great nation. It should begin to act like one.

I am a citizen of the world, and also a citizen of Ukraine.

Nations whose nationalism is destroyed are subject to ruin.

Here we encounter two conflicting concepts with which we must come to grips in our time: the idea of national solidarity and the idea of international cooperation.

The world, whether we like it or not, will become more and more borderless.

I believe in any country, matters that relate to its territory would, of course, provoke strong sentiments amongst the people of that country.

I really don't feel any strong allegiance to any country.

The drive toward economic nationalism is only part of the general revival of nationalism.