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John Bull's Other Island Quotes

A healthy nation is as unconscious of its nationality as a healthy man of his bones. But if you break a nation’s nationality it will think of nothing else but getting it set again.

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George Bernard Shaw - John Bull's Other Island Quotes
  • Book: John Bull's Other Island
  • Writer: George Bernard Shaw
  • Genre: Plays
  • Published: 1904
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