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Nationalism quote

I’m trying to remember this quote. It is something along the line Nationalism is the Play Thing of Younger Society/World. This is not exact and can’t seem to find the exact word. Wonder if anyone here knows the quote?KAVEBEAR (talk) 08:24, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

:The closest I got was: "Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind". Albert Einstein, 1929 (See Wikiquote:Nationalism). Alansplodge (talk) 11:40, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

:"It is apparent that nations cannot exist for us. They are the playthings of children, such toys as children break from boredom and weariness." Wikiquote:Sherwood Anderson, 1927.
Sleigh (talk) 15:08, 8 December 2018 (UTC)