Although, therefore, the theory of nationality is more absurd and more criminal than the theory of socialism, it has an important mission in the worl… - John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton

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Although, therefore, the theory of nationality is more absurd and more criminal than the theory of socialism, it has an important mission in the world, and marks the final conflict, and therefore the end, of two forces which are the worst enemies of civil freedom, — the absolute monarchy and the revolution.