Josip Broz Tito Professions : Former President of YugoslaviaBorn : May 7, 1892Died : May 4, 1980 Browse All Authors Top 13 quotes by Josip Broz Tito I am the leader of one country which has two alphabets, three languages, four religions, five nationalities, six republics, surrounded by seven neighbours, a country in which live eight ethnic minorities. Josip Broz Tito eighttwocountry Any movement in history which attempts to perpetuate itself, becomes reactionary. Josip Broz Tito reactionariesmovementhistorical We have spilt an ocean of blood for the brotherhood and unity of our peoples and we shall not allow anyone to touch or destroy it from within. Josip Broz Tito unityoceanblood No one questioned "who is a Serb, who is a Croat, who is a Muslim (Bosniak)" we were all one people, that's how it was back then, and I still think it is that way today. Josip Broz Tito todaypeoplethinking Ancient Hawaiians say: When you're itching for the waves, the only lotion is the ocean. Josip Broz Tito ancienthateocean The peoples of Yugoslavia do not want Fascism. They do not want a totalitarian regime, they do not want to become slaves of the German and Italian financial oligarchy as they never wanted to become reconciled to the semi-colonial dependence imposed on them by the so-called Western democracies after the first imperialist war. Josip Broz Tito yugoslaviaitalianwar Churchill , he is a great man. He is, of course, our enemy and has always been the enemy of Communism, but he is an enemy one must respect, an enemy one likes to have. Josip Broz Tito likesmenenemy Let that man be a Bosnian, Herzegovinian. Outside they don't call you by another name, except simply a Bosnian. Whether that be a Muslim (Bosniak), Serb or Croat. Everyone can be what they feel that they are, and no one has a right to force a nationality upon them. Josip Broz Tito bosniansnamesmen None of our republics would be anything if we weren't all together; but we have to create our own history - history of United Yugoslavia, also in the future. Josip Broz Tito yugoslaviawould-betogether During the war, a battle was fought here, not only for the creation of a new Yugoslavia, but also a battle for Bosnia and Herzegovina as a sovereign republic. To some generals and leaders their position on this was not quite clear. I never once doubted my stance on Bosnia. I always said that Bosnia and Herzegovina cannot belong to this or that, only to the people that lived there since the beginning of time. Josip Broz Tito yugoslaviawarpeople A decade ago young people en masse began declaring themselves as Yugoslavs. It was a form of rising Yugoslav nationalism, which was a reaction to brotherhood and unity and a feeling of belonging to a single socialist self-managing society. This pleased me greatly. Josip Broz Tito selffeelingspeople Kosovo is now the biggest problem confronting Yugoslavia. Josip Broz Tito confrontingyugoslaviaproblem 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. Josip Broz Tito yugoslaviapowerfuleurope
