Bosnia and Herzegovina
Quotes & Thinkers from Bosnia and Herzegovina
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"The state cannot block the entity, but the entity can block the state."
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Ratko Mladić
Military
b. 1943
"I have no intention to create greater Serbia, neither to re-establish the former Byzantium. I am only defending my nation and my country."
18 quotes
Alija Izetbegović
Politics
1925–2003
"The upbringing of the people, and particularly means of mass influence - the press, radio, television, and film - should be in the hands of people whose good Islamic moral and intellectual authority is indisputable."
15 quotes
Haris Silajdžić
Politics
b. 1945
"The state cannot block the entity, but the entity can block the state."
6 quotes
Jusuf Prazina
Military
1963–1993
"Sarajevo, city of mine /the hero Juka is your son."
6 quotes
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Dušan Šestić
Music
b. 1946
"Not everyone in this country is a thief or corrupt. If I was, I would be a politician and be doing far better in life."
2 quotes
Dino Merlin
Music
b. 1962
1 quotes
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Vehid Gunić
Journalism
1941–2017
"Sarajevo's Screams. BRIGHTON CEILING PTY LTD. Sydney, 1996."
3 quotes
Radovan Karadžić
Politics
b. 1945
"There is no doubt that the United States and Germany had their own interests in igniting wars in Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia."
3 quotes
Notable Quotes
"It would have been better if we had fought in Italy and Austria which are really at war against us, instead of allowing them to use our unfortunate Slovenians, Croats and Moslems as bait and cannon fodder."
— Ratko Mladić, b. 1943View →
"I have no intention to create greater Serbia, neither to re-establish the former Byzantium. I am only defending my nation and my country."
— Ratko Mladić, b. 1943View →
"They went running around to jewelry stores, banks, and well-stocked super-markets. There is not a single hill that they kept or liberated. On the other hand, the soldiers and officers in the army lead modest lives."
— Ratko Mladić, b. 1943View →
"The generations of the past failed to unite Serbia and to establish a common Serbian state, which should include all Serbian national, ethnic and historical territories."
— Ratko Mladić, b. 1943View →
"We, as the winners , created a common country with our enemies , who were on the defeated side ."
— Ratko Mladić, b. 1943View →