Do you believe in what I might call national characteristics?

We do put a very high premium on common sense, I think, and that certainly is a national characteristic.

"Certain of our national characteristics do not conform with Western mentality."

If any city plan can be seen as the environmental expression of national characteristics, then Paris is among the most obvious.

I don't know why that is - perhaps it's to do with our national characteristics.

Now you're getting into national characteristics of a most particular and private kind.

That there was a sense of national characteristics or bents will be shown later.

He also claims it is possible to distinguish the members of each group by alleged "national characteristics".

As a matter of fact, this may be a national characteristic.

A special focus thereby lies on national characteristics in politics and economy.