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Author:Gavrilo Princip

“After the allied victory of 1918, at the end of my father's war, the victors divided up the lands of their former enemies. In the space of just seventeen months, they created the borders of Northern Ireland, Yugoslavia and most of the Middle East. And I have spent my entire career — in Belfast and Sarajevo, in Beirut and Baghdad — watching the people within those borders burn.”

People War Ends Father Space Enemy Careers Land Middle Months Victory East Former Borders Divided Middle East Ireland Seventeen Baghdad Northern Ireland Yugoslavia Beirut Belfast

Author:Robert Fisk

“I never wanted an independent Bosnia. I wanted Yugoslavia. That is my country.”

Country Wanted Independent Bosnia Yugoslavia

Author:Emir Kusturica

“You know, in each segment of ex-Yugoslavia, multi-ethnic life is lost, except I think we somehow still have this in Serbia.”

Thinking Knows Stills Life Is Lost Exes Serbia Yugoslavia

Author:Emir Kusturica

“Kosovo is now the biggest problem confronting Yugoslavia.”

Problem Confronting Kosovo Yugoslavia

Author:Josip Broz Tito

“Today, 9 May, exactly forty-nine months and three days after the Fascist attack on Yugoslavia, the most powerful aggressive force in Europe, Germany, has capitulated.”

May Today Three Force Powerful Months Europe Nine Germany Forty Most Powerful Aggressive Fascists Nine Months Yugoslavia

Author:Josip Broz Tito

“This year marks 20 years since the Rwandan genocide -- the world's greatest humanitarian tragedy of the late 20th century. The international community had pledged 'never again' in the aftermath of the genocide in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda in the 1990s. Yet, we are witnessing today a different type of humanitarian disaster unfolding in Syria and Iraq.”

“There is only one superpower now and it doesn't know what to do with its status. As a result, we got Yugoslavia and Iraq, and the situation has only got worse.”

Knows America Results Situation Iraq Superpower Yugoslavia

Author:Mikhail Gorbachev

“We are three countries that emerged from the former Yugoslavia - countries that are now in transition and must cooperate with each other, because our economies depend on each other.”

Country Three Economy Depends Former Transition Yugoslavia

Author:Stjepan Mesic

“'I will go to France, to Yugoslavia, to China, and continue my profession.' 'As sanitary engineer?' 'No, Monsieur. As adventurer. I will see all the peoples and all the countries of the world.'”

World Country Travel China Profession France Engineers Travel The World Adventurer Yugoslavia Sanitary

Author:Bruce Chatwin

“Aside from being a Latina, my family immigrated from Puerto Rico and Yugoslavia so I know all about that. I wouldn’t be able to do what I do today if they didn’t come to America. Everybody has an immigration story.”

Ifs Knows Stories Today Able America My Family Immigration Puerto Rico Latina Rico Yugoslavia

Author:Naya Rivera

“But, I've made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe, all over the United States, Mexico, but not Hollywood.”

Made States Film United United States Europe Hollywood Japan Mexico Yugoslavia

Author:Sydney Pollack

“Yugoslavia is a multinational community and it can survive only under the conditions of full equality for all nations that live in it.”

Nations Community Conditions Equality Multinationals Yugoslavia Equality For All

Author:Slobodan Milosević

“The decision to attack the entire nation [of Yugoslavia] has been counterproductive, and our destruction of civilian life has now become senseless and excessively brutal. ... The United States' insistence on the use of cluster bombs, designed to kill or maim humans, is condemned almost universally and brings discredit on our nation (as does our refusal to support a ban on land mines). Even for the world's only superpower, the ends don't always justify the means.”

“The poor Americans are so busy defending the rights of Hindus in Pakistan, Moslems in India, Jews in Palestine, Koreans in Japan, Italians in Yugoslavia and Hungarians in Czechoslovakia that they simply cannot give a thought to Negroes in the United States.”

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“In Yugoslavia, I'd asked for additional forces too. I even went to meet the French prime minister, and I proposed additional forces... Nobody wanted to send troops.”

Wanted Force Ministers Prime Troops Prime Minister Yugoslavia

Author:Boutros Boutros-Ghali

“In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies.”

States Play Facts Form Roles Democracy Civilization Bases Russia Journalist Iran Emerging Civil Society Yugoslavia

Author:Christiane Amanpour

“America is totally under control of the Jews, you know. I mean, look what they're doing in Yugoslavia...”

Knows Looks Mean America Jew Yugoslavia

Author:Bobby Fischer

“Yugoslavia was a kind of superpower. Great movies. Beautiful novels. Great rock-and-roll. We became a superpower in basketball. The problem is that people needed to identify more strongly with it after Tito and his awful, tricky way of leading the country.”

People Way Kind Country Problem Beautiful Novel Rocks Needed Basketball Awful Rock And Roll Tricky Superpower Yugoslavia Tito

Author:Emir Kusturica

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