Karl Deutsch Professions : Political Scientist Born : July 21, 1912 Died : November 1, 1992 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Karl Deutsch A Nation... is a group of persons united by a common error about their ancestry, and a common dislike of their neighbors Karl Deutsch ancestry groups errors Truth lies at the confluence of independent streams of evidence. Karl Deutsch evidence independent lying Power is the ability to afford not to learn. Karl Deutsch ability Similar Authors Andrew Hacker political-scientist Andrew Kohut political-scientist Andrew Bacevich political-scientist Alan Wolfe political-scientist Iris Marion Young political-scientist Achille Mbembe political-scientist All Authors