![]() He sees history, especially contemporary history, as the endless rise and decline of great power units, and every event that happens seems to him a demonstration that his own side is on the upgrade and some hated rival is on the downgrade.īut finally, it is important not to confuse nationalism with mere worship of success. "He may be a positive or a negative nationalist - that is, he may use his mental energy either in boosting or in denigrating - but at any rate his thoughts always turn on victories, defeats, triumphs and humiliations. Nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism." - George Orwell (Notes on Nationalism, 1945) But secondly - and this is much more important - 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. ![]() George Orwell (Reflections On Gandhi) "By ‘nationalism’ I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions or tens of millions of people can be confidently labelled ‘good’ or ‘bad’(1). ![]() "Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent. ![]()
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