| The whole point of America is that it didn't just grow into nationhood from the gradual merging of peoples and consolidation of lands. |
| But modern nationhood is a complicated business, so you'd expect anomalies. |
| Behind this mentality lies the progressive lobby's detestation of nationhood and Orwellian aspiration to world government. |
| Russian armies crushed the rebellions, with devastating effects for Polish nationhood. |
| What has made him invulnerable as patron saint, however, is his saltire symbol on our flag, the sign of our nationhood. |
| Taken together, they impart a kind of tenuous concretion to the vague concept of nationhood. |
