# Quote — Christopher Caldwell, Reflections on the Revolution In Europe

> The policing of tolerance had no inbuilt limits and no obvious logic. Why was 'ethnic pride' a virtue and 'nationalism' a sickness? Why was an identity like 'Sinti/Roma' legitimate but an identity like 'white' out of bounds? Why had it suddenly become criminal to ask questions today that it was considered a citizen's duty to ask ten years ago?

- Author: [Christopher Caldwell](https://www.leafyquotes.com/christopher-caldwell.md)
- Book: [Reflections on the Revolution In Europe](https://www.leafyquotes.com/christopher-caldwell/reflections-on-the-revolution-in-europe.md)
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