82 Quotes by Alija Izetbegović

pushed Dayton forward, while they were obstructing it.

For 1,300 days of Sarajevo's drama, important people in the world who were supposed to act kept their eyes closed, ... But not you. You were not silent. Your voice was clear.

In our own religion, in our own country.

I have reminded him (Major) that there are some positive as well as some negative elements in the Dayton agreement and that lately, these negative elements are more and more prevailing. That is creating a fear among our people -- a fear that that might lead to the disintegration of the country.

I don't think there will be a second half, ... If there is one they (Serbs) will lose it. They could not win when they had all the power and now they cannot win at all.

In history, good intentions do not always make good consequences.

I believe that the people, instead of pretty lies, should be told the truth, no matter how ugly it may be. What can we do, destiny hasn’t been kind to us; but, with the help of God, we will prevail.

Science attempts to figure out laws and then uses it later. While the work of art reflects the cosmic order without asking for an explanation.

Bosnia is a complicated country: three religions, three nations and those “others”. Nationalism is strong in all three nations; in two of them there are a lot of racism, chauvinism, separatism; and now we are supposed to make a state out of that.