Franjo Tudjman Professions : Statesman Browse All Authors Top 11 quotes by Franjo Tudjman The estimated loss of up to six million dead is founded too much on both emotional, biased testimonies and on exaggerated data in the postwar reckonings of war crimes and on the squaring of accounts with the defeated. Franjo Tudjman dead emotional loss war If Yugoslavia is to exist, it can exist only as an alliance, a confederation of independent states. Franjo Tudjman alliance exist only independent Whatever happened after the liberation of Krajina, this was in no way a violation of human rights by Croatian authorities. Franjo Tudjman whatever human human-rights way I joined the anti-Fascist struggle with my best friend, who was a Jew. Franjo Tudjman friend best struggle best-friend The Muslims wanted to reign over the whole of Mostar, then gain ground to the sea and finally create an Islamic state. That is what our Croatians defend themselves against. Franjo Tudjman ground over create sea The West wanted to avoid an Islamic state in Europe. Franjo Tudjman avoid state west europe All sorts of other lies are being spread today, I do not know what else they will invent. I've heard that I'm of Jewish descent, but I found, I knew of my ancestors in Zagorje from around 350 years ago, and I said, maybe it would be good to have some of that, I guess I would be richer, I might not have become a Communist. Franjo Tudjman will good know today I haven't mentioned another argument, The Hague tribunal. It is clear our generals and all of you who are sitting here now with me could end up there, too. Franjo Tudjman end me you sitting Then, as if that's not enough, then they declare that my wife is Jewish or Serbian. Luckily for me, she never was either, although many wives are. And so on and so forth spreading lies. Franjo Tudjman never me wife enough You should give no indication that we wish the three-way division of Bosnia. Franjo Tudjman give you division wish Let's make a deal with the Serbs. Neither history nor emotion in the Balkans will permit multinationalism. We have to give up on the illusion of the last eight years... Dayton isn't working. Nobody - except diplomats and petty officials - believes in a sovereign Bosnia and the Dayton accords. Franjo Tudjman nobody will illusion history Similar Authors Andrei Gromyko statesman Anastas Mikoyan statesman Alcibiades statesman Aeschines statesman Harri Holkeri statesman Charles Alexandre de Calonne statesman All Authors
