QUOTE : The identification we feel towards the places where we live or were born, can give us an anchor in a chaotic world and strengthen our connections to family, community, and the generations that preceded and will follow us. At their best, such feelings are a celebration of culture and all that comes with it in the form of literature, language, music, food, folktales, and even the wildlife we associate with our homelands. <br /><br />There is however a tipping point, where loyalty to one's own tribe curdles into resentment and hatred, then aggression towards others. That's when Fascism enters the picture, trailed by an assortment of woes, up to, and including the Holocaust and global war. <br /><br />Because of that history post-war statesmen, established organizations to make it harder for deluded Nationalists to trample on the rights of neighbors. These bodies include the United Nations (hence Truman's speech) and regional institutions in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americans.