Marcus Garvey Quotes

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

I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism.

And my father, after all, was a nationalist.

The country is the people.

The flag is the guarantor and symbol of equality.

Patriotism, love of country, and pride in the flag which symbolizes country may be feelings which the race will at some period outgrow, but at present they are very real and strong, and the man who lacks them is a useless creature, a mere encumbrance to the land.

Every nation has a flag.

We are Englishmen; that is one good fact.

When I wear the national team shirt, its sole contact with my skin makes it stand on an end.

It’s a little strange, this obsession with the flag. It’s incomprehensible to someone who comes from a country where the flag has, so to speak, disappeared, where any nostalgia and concern for it is a sign of an attachment to the past…

It is the honor and soul of England which is at stake!

By "nationalism" I mean the habit of identifying oneself with a single nation or other unit, placing it beyond good and evil and recognising no other duty than that of advancing its interests.

Our flag is our identity, and we can't disrespect or let anyone else disrespect our identity.

America is the one place where you can talk of 'this nation' and everyone knows exactly what you think. People put a flag on their porch, and they do have a desire to localize everything and celebrate things locally.

Standing up for national anthem doesn't make you an Indian. Posting flags on social networks doesn't make you an Indian.

Every country has things to be proud of and to celebrate.

I'm proud of my country.

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

I wanted to make America proud.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Being proud and being nationalistic are, for me, completely different things.

I am not the flag: not at all. I am but its shadow.

I play for India, I play for the 100 million people of my country.

A nation is the same people living in the same place.