“Either we sacrifice our national selfishness for the good of humanity, or we sacrifice the good of humanity to our national selfishness.”
The Revolutionary Path, by Frank Buchman, publisher: Grosvenor Books, 1975, p.23
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James Baldwin (1924–1987) (1924-1987) writer from the United States
"Letter from a Region of My Mind" in The New Yorker (17 November 1962); republished as "Down at the Cross: Letter from a Region in My Mind" in The Fire Next Time (1963)
“The only religion that still demands human sacrifice is nationalism.”
Kenneth E. Boulding (1910–1993) British-American economist
Attributed to Kenneth Boulding in: Russell Francis Farnen (1996) Democracy, socialization, and conflicting loyalties in East and West. p. 52
1990s and attributed
“Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles.”
Harry Truman (1884–1972) American politician, 33rd president of the United States (in office from 1945 to 1953)
“Every nation is selfish and every nation considers its selfishness sacred.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) French writer and aviator
Toute nation est égoïste. Toute nation considère son égoïsme comme sacré.
"Letter to an American" (1944)
Josefa Iloilo (1920–2011) President of Fiji
Opening address to the National Day of Prayer in Suva, 15 May 2005 (excerpts) http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/page_4607.shtml
“I would rather have no offspring than sacrifice our nation's interests.”
Chiang Kai-shek (1887–1975) Chinese politician and military leader
The Generalissimo's son: Chiang Ching-kuo and the revolutions in China and Taiwan, Jay Taylor, 2000, Harvard University Press, 74, 0674002873, 2010-06-28 http://books.google.com/books?id=_5R2fnVZXiwC&pg=PA59&dq=chiang+sacrifice+son&hl=en&ei=nQW9TLK5MoT68Aaw9uAC&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=chiang%20son%20i%20would%20rather%20have%20no%20offspring%20than%20sacrifice%20our%20%20interests&f=false,
Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910) American abolitionist, social activist, and poet
22 August 1875.
The Walk With God (1919)
Context: There is no hell like that of a selfish heart, and there is no misfortune so great as that of not being able to make a sacrifice. These two thoughts come to me strongly this morning. It is something to have learned these truths so that we can never again doubt them.