Arrogance

Famous quotes containing the word arrogance:

    There is nothing less to our credit than our neglect of the foreigner and his children, unless it be the arrogance most of us betray when we set out to “americanize” him.
    Charles Horton Cooley (1864–1929)

    The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war.
    Sydney J. Harris (1917–1986)

    The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.
    Edmund Burke (1729–1797)