Quotes / Misplaced Nationalism

I once ventured to say to an old clergyman who was voicing this sort of patriotism, "But sir, aren't we told that every people thinks its own men the bravest and it's own women the fairest in the world?" He replied with total gravity-he could not have been graver if he had been reciting the Creed at the altar-"Yes, but in England it's true."

— C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves

You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing after they've tried everything else.

— Winston Churchill (attributed)

You appear to have a loathing for the very concept of the existence of nation-states. Perhaps that's because you come from Belgium, which, of course, is pretty much a non-country.

— Nigel Farage, to Herman Van Rompuy

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart: A few months ago, the superpowers — Russia, America, and China — decided upon a plan to ensure peace. All three powers have hidden atomic missile sites. All three agreed to give details of those sites plus full operation instructions to another neutral country. In the event of trouble, that country could publish everyone's secrets and so cool things down. Well, naturally enough the only country that could be trusted with such a role was Great Britain.
The Fourth Doctor: Naturally. I mean, the rest were all foreigners.
Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart: Exactly. [Realises; glares]

—Doctor Who, "Robot"

Major Ashley-Pitt: In our experience, Americans are uncouth misfits who should be run out of their own barbaric country.
Matthew Quigley: Well, Lieutenant...
Ashley-Pitt: Major.
Quigley: Major. We already run the misfits outta our country. We sent 'em back to England.

—Quigley Down Under