Krste Misirkov

"From the Macedonian point of view, the unification of all Macedonia with Bulgaria, Serbia or Greece is not desirable, but neither is it particularly frightening."

"What sort of new Macedonian nation can this be when we and our fathers and grandfathers and great-grandfathers have always been called Bulgarians? ... Macedonian as a nationality has never existed, th…"

"If it is officially acknowledged that there are not several Slav nationalities in Macedonia, but only one, which is neither Bulgarian nor Serbian, and if Macedonia secedes as an independent Bishopric,…"

"Finally, many people will point out that our greatest misfortune is that we have no local Macedonian patriotism. If there were patriotism in Macedonia, we would think and work only for Macedonia. But …"

"The Macedonian national revival ... is basically the result of the competition between Bulgaria and Serbia over the Macedonian question."

"I have no intention of politicizing in the Bulgarian fashion. I am a Macedonian and this is how I see the position of my country: it is not Russia or Austria-Hungary that are the enemies of Macedonia,…"

"We Macedonians are Turkish subjects and interested in maintaining the unity of Turkey ... the Macedonian intelligentsia, if they examine their own interests, should for their own sake and the sake of …"

"I am a Macedonian. I write in the central Macedonian dialect, which from now on I shall always consider the Macedonian literary language."