Pro-Nationalism
"Farewell Address" – George Washington (1796) [Classical Republican / Conservative]
>> 'Citizens by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism more than any appellation derived from local discriminations. With slight shades of difference, you have the same religion, manners, habits, and political principles. You have in a common cause fought and triumphed together; the Independence and Liberty you possess are the work of joint counsels, and joint efforts of common dangers, sufferings, and successes.'
>>'The claim to a national culture in the past does not only rehabilitate that nation and serve as a justification for the hope of a future national culture; it also serves to create a sense of national unity and identity that is essential for the struggle.'
"The Virtue of Nationalism" – Yoram Hazony (2018) [Right Neo-Zionist]
>>'The nation is the only form of political community that has proven capable of sustaining democratic self-government and individual liberty over time. Globalism and imperialism, whether liberal or otherwise, seek to dissolve the nation into a universal empire of capital and bureaucracy, where no people can govern themselves. The nation gives people shared history, language, and loyalty — it is where freedom is rooted, not in abstract universalism. Conservatism must defend the nation against the forces that would erase it in the name of progress or markets.'
"Dig Deep: Beyond Lean In" (excerpt) – bell hooks (2013) [Left-Radical Feminist]
>>'Sandberg’s brand of feminism is the neoliberal feminism that dominates in the corporate world. It is a feminism that is compatible with capitalism, with individualism, with the pursuit of personal success. It is a feminism that does not challenge the structures of domination; it simply asks for a bigger piece of the pie. This is not a vision of feminism that will bring about justice for all women. It is a vision that benefits privileged women at the expense of others. It is a feminism that can be easily incorporated into the neoliberal project without ever critiquing neoliberalism itself.'
>>'Weep for the mosques of Jerusalem, for they have been turned into churches!
The Cross has been raised over the Dome of the Rock, and the Quran is silent!
How long will you sleep, O Muslims? The Franks have taken your holy places!
Rise up for jihad, unite your hearts, and drive out the infidels!
The blood of the martyrs cries out from the earth, and God demands vengeance!'