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Full Idea
A state is well constituted and internally strong if the private interest of the citizens is united in the universal goal of the state.
Gist of Idea
In a good state the goal of the citizens and of the whole state are united
Source
Georg W.F.Hegel (Introduction to the Philosophy of History [1840], 3)
Book Ref
Hegel,Georg W.F.: 'Introduction to the Philosophy of History', ed/tr. Rauch,Leo [Hackett 1988], p.27
A Reaction
The obvious question is who decides on the goals, and what to do with the citizens who don't accept them.
23273 | In a good state the goal of the citizens and of the whole state are united [Hegel] |
23042 | National spirit only exists in the individuals who embody it [Green,TH, by Muirhead] |
23194 | People feel united as a nation by one language, but then want a common ancestry and history [Nietzsche] |
23810 | Charity is the only love, and you can feel that for a country (a place with traditions), but not a nation [Weil] |
23828 | National prestige consists of behaving as if you could beat the others in a war [Weil] |
22816 | Socialists reject nationality as a false source of identity [Miller,D] |
21123 | Liberal Nationalism is more communitarian, and Constitutional Patriotism more cosmopolitan [Shorten] |
23535 | Western workers turn to nationalism, to avert the effects of globalisation [Berardi] |
23130 | Popular imperialism gives the poor the belief that their acts have world historical meaning [Gopnik] |
23131 | Patriots love their place, but nationalists have a paranoid ethnic hostility [Gopnik] |
22592 | Nationalism pretends that we can only have a single identity [Dunt] |