Nationalism Quotes (2)
If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say I am a German and Germany will declare I am a Jew.
Quoted in Alice Calaprice, The Quotable Einstein (1996), 8.
Nationalism is an infantile sickness. It is the measles of the human race.
Helen Dukas and Banesh Hoffmann, Albert Einstein, The Human Side (1979), 38.
