82 Quotes by Alija Izetbegović

Advantages of freedom do not have to be proved by something outside freedom itself. It is its own underwriter.

Socialism and freedom are not compatible, regardless of repeated convincings.

Islam is a way of living rather than a way of thinking.

It is difficult to help a man without hurting his pride. Everyone wants to be a giver and not a receiver.

Religion, as it is understood in the West, does not lead toward progress, and science does not lead toward humanism.

We have no rational evidence that there exists another world, but we have a clear feeling that man does not exist only to produce and to consume.

Life is a dangerous thing. Insecurity is the price of living.

History sometimes makes fun of us and our best intentions.

Has it ever happened to you that you actually like a rogue more than a so-called honest citizen? Have you ever wondered why? I believe that this can only be so because a rogue is more original and more his own. He is what he is.